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Futuristic utopia (World 2017, by Stéphanie Buret) - Swiss Press Award

In Songdo's Central Park. Songdo is the new Smart City, the new dream City of the Future. An Utopia. / A scene from life in Central Park. In Songdo, there are replicas of certain iconic Western locations, like Central Park and the canals of Venice. The city is often used as a film set or promotional video location. It seems to be the country's new showcase. A clean and ultra-secure city. The ideal city or a utopia?
Stéphanie Buret
In Songdo's Central Park. Songdo is the new Smart City, the new dream City of the Future. An Utopia. / A scene from life in Central Park. In Songdo, there are replicas of certain iconic Western locations, like Central Park and the canals of Venice. The city is often used as a film set or promotional video location. It seems to be the country's new showcase. A clean and ultra-secure city. The ideal city or a utopia?
3rd place
Photo / World
2017

Futuristic utopia

Stéphanie Buret

Pictures from the South Korean planned city Songdo City, taken end of July 2016. The town is still under construction and is intended to embody the future of urban living: residing in high rises (129), lots of green spaces and minimal traffic (128, 131), educational institutions, such as its own university (132) – and, above all, a network of complete digital interconnection and surveillance (130). Residents are willing to pay this price for high levels of safety.

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Futuristic utopia

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3rd place
Photo / World
2017

Stéphanie Buret

Pictures from the South Korean planned city Songdo City, taken end of July 2016. The town is still under construction and is intended to embody the future of urban living: residing in high rises (129), lots of green spaces and minimal traffic (128, 131), educational institutions, such as its own university (132) – and, above all, a network of complete digital interconnection and surveillance (130). Residents are willing to pay this price for high levels of safety.

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Stéphanie Buret / Swiss Press Award

Stéphanie Buret

photojournaliste, Le Vaud, 1975

Ethnologue de formation, Stéphanie a vécu à Madagascar et en Chine. Actuellement basée à Genève, elle développe ses reportages photojournalistiques depuis 2016. Elle s’intéresse particulièrement à documenter les constructions d’identité et les mutations sociales dans un contexte de transition ou de dictature. Ses images sont publiées internationalement et elle a notamment obtenu le Prix Nikon de la Révélation Féminine.

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