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Aftermath of typhoon Haiyan. (Swiss Stories 2014, by Didier Ruef) - Swiss Press Award

Aftermath of typhoon Haiyan - 001
Didier Ruef
Aftermath of typhoon Haiyan - 001
Photo / Swiss Stories
2014

Aftermath of typhoon Haiyan.

Didier Ruef

The photo essay documents the revival of life in the towns of Hernani and Guiuan in Eastern Samar, and in Tacloban in Leyte. Typhoon Haiyan, known as Yolanda in the Philippines, was an extremely powerful tropical cyclone that devastated the Philippines on November 8, 2013. The Philippine government reported more than 6,000 deaths and 1,800 missing. Nine million people were affected, 243,583 homes were completely destroyed, and 234,760 homes were damaged.

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Aftermath of typhoon Haiyan.

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Photo / Swiss Stories
2014

Didier Ruef

The photo essay documents the revival of life in the towns of Hernani and Guiuan in Eastern Samar, and in Tacloban in Leyte. Typhoon Haiyan, known as Yolanda in the Philippines, was an extremely powerful tropical cyclone that devastated the Philippines on November 8, 2013. The Philippine government reported more than 6,000 deaths and 1,800 missing. Nine million people were affected, 243,583 homes were completely destroyed, and 234,760 homes were damaged.

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Didier Ruef / Swiss Press Award

Didier Ruef

Photographe, Chambésy, 1961

Didier Ruef est né en 1961 à Genève, Suisse. Ses photos et ses reportages ont été publiés dans de nombreux journaux et magazines suisses et étrangers tels que Time, The Independent Magazine, The Observer Magazine, Le Monde, Libération, El Pais Semanal, Geo, Rhythms Monthly (Taiwan), Marie Claire, Ogonyok, Der Spiegel, National Geographic, ... Didier Ruef a publié les livres : en 1998 Paysans de nos montagnes, aux éditions Monographic (Sierre) et sa traduction allemande Bauern am Berg (Offizin Zürich Verlag) et italienne Vita di montagna (Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona) ; en 2005, Afrique Noire chez Infolio Editions (Gollion) ; en 2011 Recycle chez Labor et Fides (Genève) en langues françaises et anglaises, et chez Edizioni Casagrande (Bellinzona) en langues italiennes et allemandes ; en 2012 Bestiarium chez QTI (Stabio) en langue italienne ; en 2018 Homo Helveticus chez Till Schaap Edition en langues françaises, allemandes et anglaises

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