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Ain't no grave can hold my body down (People 2021, by Eleni Kougionis) - Swiss Press Award

Gianluca Cutrufello in seiner Wohnung in Basel.
Eleni Kougionis
Gianluca Cutrufello in seiner Wohnung in Basel.
Photo / People
2021

Ain't no grave can hold my body down

Eleni Kougionis

Home music. Gianluca Cutrufello is a musician who performed under the name John Henry in bars, small clubs, and on the street. Seven years ago, he was diagnosed with leukemia, and the 28-year-old recently played music exclusively in his apartment in Basel. At the beginning of the year, he finally beat cancer. "It was the first spring I didn't have to spend in the hospital," he says. "But then COVID came."

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Ain't no grave can hold my body down

DIE ZEIT Schweiz-Ausgabe

Photo / People
2021

Eleni Kougionis

Home music. Gianluca Cutrufello is a musician who performed under the name John Henry in bars, small clubs, and on the street. Seven years ago, he was diagnosed with leukemia, and the 28-year-old recently played music exclusively in his apartment in Basel. At the beginning of the year, he finally beat cancer. "It was the first spring I didn't have to spend in the hospital," he says. "But then COVID came."

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Eleni Kougionis / Swiss Press Award

Eleni Kougionis

Fotografin, Rheinfelden, 1988

Eleni Kougionis ist eine Schweizer Fotografin, spezialisiert auf Porträt- und Dokumentarfotografie. Nach ihrer Ausbildung zur Polygrafin und Tätigkeit in einem Grafikbüro studierte sie Redaktionelle Fotografie am MAZ in Luzern. Während ihres Studiums absolvierte sie ein Praktikum bei einer Zeitung in Athen. Seit ihrem Abschluss 2015 arbeitet sie als freischaffende Fotografin und verwirklicht eigene Projekte. Ihre Arbeiten wurden mehrfach ausgezeichnet und in verschiedenen Ausstellungen gezeigt.

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