Living with a disability and terminal illness (Daily Life and Environment 2012, by Jacek Pulawski) - Swiss Press Award

Jacek Pulawski

fotoreporter, Chiasso, 1978

Before starting his career as a photographer in 2007, Jacek Pulawski was employed by a US Corporation and worked in a wide range of countries as a business translator and as an internal auditor for SOX Compliance programs. During that time he became interested in photography, which he carried out in his free time deciding to attend a National Geographic workshop in photojournalism. As a self-taught photographer he began to document the major social difficulties in the canton Ticino, the Italian speaking part of Switzerland, with the purpose of providing a fresh visual documentation of untreated problems caused by the illegal Immigration. Following this work, the depth and wealth of his photographic endeavors were recognised and he was awarded the Espace Media Prize Premier Award at the Swiss Press Photo. A year later he received the EWZ-selection Premier Award at the Swiss Photo Award. As a documentary photographer he focusing on in-depth visual studies about human conditions.