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Across the border (Swiss Stories 2015, by Fabian Stamm) - Swiss Press Award

The relatively small refugee camp in Midyat was originally built to accommodate 7,000 people.
Fabian Stamm
The relatively small refugee camp in Midyat was originally built to accommodate 7,000 people.
Photo / Swiss Stories
2015

Across the border

Fabian Stamm

For ten days this March, I investigated the effects of the Syrian conflict on three different border towns (Akcakale, Ceylanpinar, and Nusaybin) in a photo report. On the one hand, it focuses on the refugees who, in various ways, find themselves stranded in this sanctuary, Turkey, and settle for an indefinite period. On the other hand, the images depict the conflict from a Turkish perspective: the omnipresent border fence that separates each of these towns from Syria and also influences the architecture. The instability caused by extremists who use the towns as safe havens, whether Kurdish YPG or ISIS, means the official authorities in these towns have only a limited overview of who is venturing across their border illegally.

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Across the border

Reportagen 2014 - Reporter ohne Grenzen

Photo / Swiss Stories
2015

Fabian Stamm

For ten days this March, I investigated the effects of the Syrian conflict on three different border towns (Akcakale, Ceylanpinar, and Nusaybin) in a photo report. On the one hand, it focuses on the refugees who, in various ways, find themselves stranded in this sanctuary, Turkey, and settle for an indefinite period. On the other hand, the images depict the conflict from a Turkish perspective: the omnipresent border fence that separates each of these towns from Syria and also influences the architecture. The instability caused by extremists who use the towns as safe havens, whether Kurdish YPG or ISIS, means the official authorities in these towns have only a limited overview of who is venturing across their border illegally.

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Fabian Stamm / Swiss Press Award

Fabian Stamm

fotograf, Winterthur, 1983

Fabian Stamm wurde 1983 in Schaffhausen, Schweiz, geboren. Nach der Lehre als Desktop Publisher fotografierte er zwei Jahre für eine Regionalzeitung, ehe er 2011 am MAZ – Die Schweizer Journalistenschule in Luzern den Studiengang«Redaktionelle Fotografie» abschloss. Eigene Projekte, vor allem im Nahen Osten, aber auch Reportagen im eigenen Land, folgten. 2012 gewann er den Globetrotter World Photo Award, der es ihm ermöglichte, ein Langzeitprojekt im Nordirak zu realisieren. 2014 gewann er den Kulturpreis des Kantons Schaffhausen. Fabian Stamm ist Partnerfotograf der Agentur Keystone. Er lebt und arbeitet in Winterthur.

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