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A look into hell (World 2018, by Thomas Weisskopf) - Swiss Press Award

JunJun is allowed to see his 15-year-old pregnant girlfriend one last time upon his arrest.
Thomas Weisskopf
JunJun is allowed to see his 15-year-old pregnant girlfriend one last time upon his arrest.
Photo / World
2018

A look into hell

Thomas Weisskopf

Attached you will find a photo essay with images from a prison cell in Manila. These pictures were taken with a great deal of luck and enormous effort (both physical and mental). For a year now, it has been virtually impossible to visit prisons in Manila with a camera. For these images, I allowed myself to be locked up for days without a guard. Thousands of pictures were taken.

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A look into hell

Das Magazin / Tagesanzeiger

Photo / World
2018

Thomas Weisskopf

Attached you will find a photo essay with images from a prison cell in Manila. These pictures were taken with a great deal of luck and enormous effort (both physical and mental). For a year now, it has been virtually impossible to visit prisons in Manila with a camera. For these images, I allowed myself to be locked up for days without a guard. Thousands of pictures were taken.

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Thomas Weisskopf / Swiss Press Award

Thomas Weisskopf

Fotograf, Basel, 1969

1991-96 Studium der Fotografie, Hochschule für Kunst und Gestaltung, Zürich seit 1994 freier Fotograf, diverse Projekte im In- und Ausland (Rumänien, Thailand, Philippinen) 2000-02 Gastdozent für Fotografie, Ecole cantonale d`art de Lausanne Auszeichnungen: 1995 Schweizer Pressebild des Jahres (BTM-Preis für Pressefotografie 1997 Swiss Design Award: Fotografie 1999 Swiss Design Award: Fotografie 2005 Swiss Design Award: Fotografie Ausstellungen (Auswahl): 2004 Galerie Römerapotheke, Zürich, solo 2004 About Face - Photography and the Death of Portrait, Hayward Gallery, London 2006 Galerie Schuster, Frankfurt, solo 2006 "Straight / Twisted" LED-Display, Axel Springer Haus, Berlin 2007 " Faccia a Faccia", FORMA Centro Internazionale di Fotografia, Milano Ankäufe (Auswahl): 21C Museum, Kentucky Museé de l`Elysée, Lausanne Schweizerische Stiftung für Fotografie Publikationen (Auswahl): 2004 The Face of Human Rights, Lars Müller Publishers 2006 Making Faces, Thames and Hudson, London

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