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Asylum seekers in focus (News 2016, by Mario Heller) - Swiss Press Award

A journalist is filming the conditions in the new military tents serving as emergency accommodation for asylum seekers. This man can't even fathom what's going on. He looks shyly into the camera with a fake smile.
Mario Heller
A journalist is filming the conditions in the new military tents serving as emergency accommodation for asylum seekers. This man can't even fathom what's going on. He looks shyly into the camera with a fake smile.
Photo / News
2016

Asylum seekers in focus

Mario Heller

At the end of July, several tents for asylum seekers were put into operation in Aarau. The media frenzy was huge, with journalists from all over Switzerland traveling to the event. A cameraman stalked this refugee from Sudan and pointed his camera directly in his face without asking. The refugee wore a fake, uncertain smile.

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Asylum seekers in focus

Aargauer Zeitung

Photo / News
2016

Mario Heller

At the end of July, several tents for asylum seekers were put into operation in Aarau. The media frenzy was huge, with journalists from all over Switzerland traveling to the event. A cameraman stalked this refugee from Sudan and pointed his camera directly in his face without asking. The refugee wore a fake, uncertain smile.

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Mario Heller / Swiss Press Award

Mario Heller

Fotograf, Berlin, 1991

Mario Heller ist ein Schweizer Fotograf, dessen Arbeit sich auf die Beziehungen zwischen sozialen Strukturen und kulturellen Hintergründen konzentriert. Nach seinem Studium am MAZ – Die Schweizer Journalistenschule mit Fokus auf Dokumentarfotografie ist er als Fotograf und Bildredakteur für verschiedene Magazine und Zeitungen in Deutschland und der Schweiz tätig.

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