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The Jungle "The end of Mirage" (World 2017, by Zalmaï Ahad) - Swiss Press Award

A group of men takes one last photo before departing the camp for an uncertain future. 26 Oct 2016
Zalmaï Ahad
A group of men takes one last photo before departing the camp for an uncertain future. 26 Oct 2016
Swiss Press Photographer of the Year
2017

The Jungle "The end of Mirage"

Zalmaï Ahad

Will they ever see each other again? These men lived in the «Calais Jungle», a vast illegal refugee camp. As the police dismantle it from 24th to 26th October 2016 and it goes up in flames, they capture a last group photo as a memento. Instead of traveling on to the UK, thousands of refugees are redistributed to asylum centres throughout France.

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The Jungle "The end of Mirage"

L'Hebdo

Swiss Press Photographer of the Year
2017

Zalmaï Ahad

Will they ever see each other again? These men lived in the «Calais Jungle», a vast illegal refugee camp. As the police dismantle it from 24th to 26th October 2016 and it goes up in flames, they capture a last group photo as a memento. Instead of traveling on to the UK, thousands of refugees are redistributed to asylum centres throughout France.

Interview with Zalmaï Ahad

Swiss Press Photo 2017, Gewinner Ausland - Zalmaï Ahad

Interview with Zalmaï Ahad

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Zalmaï Ahad / Swiss Press Award

Zalmaï Ahad

Photographer, lausanne, 1963

Born in Kabul, Afghanistan, Zalmaï left the country after the Soviet invasion in 1980. He traveled to Lausanne, Switzerland, where he became a Swiss citizen. Zalmaï pursued combined studies at both the School of Photography of Lausanne and at the Professional Photography Training Center of Yverdon. His work has been published in several magazines and newspapers, including the New York Times Magazine, Time Magazine, The New Yorker Magazine, Harper's Magazine , Newsweek, La Repubblica etc... while he has worked for a number of International Organizations and NGOs, including Human Rights Watch, International Committee of the Red Cross, UN Office On Drug and Crime, and the UN Refugee Agency. He has exhibited around the world at museums, galleries, universities and cultural centers and his work has earned him several international awards, the latest being the Visa D'Or from the Visa Pour l'Image International Photojournalism Festival and a grant by Getty Images.

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