The award winners 2012
The American Peter van Agtmael is the winner oft the FREELENS Award and 10.000 € prize money for his body of work »Disco Night Sept. 11«. The story is a collection of moments of the time when the photographer was wandering on a narrow path between the naive war fascination he had felt as a child and the brutality that he experienced later as a war photographer in Irak and Afghanistan.
Bharat Choudhary’s photos should aid understanding between Muslims and Non-Muslims. He received a Honourable Mention of 1.000 € for »The Silence of Others«. After the attacks on New York in 2001 and London in 2005, the Western media often stereotype Muslims as terrorists. A general sense of suspicion has led in part to physical and psychological abuse of law-abiding Muslim citizens. On his trip from the American Midwest to Great Britain, Bharat Choudhary captured the mistreatment and discrimination of young Muslims.
Tomas Lazar received a Honourable Mention and 1.000 € for his reportage »Theater of Life«. Tomas Lazar received a Honourable Mention and 1.000 € for his reportage »Theater of Life«. Polish photographer Tomasz Lazar's long-term project concentrates on the ongoing changes in our society from the increasing influence of culture and technology.
Another Honourable Mention was given to Sebastian Liste for his reportage »Urban Quilombos« about friendships, love, fraud, conflicts and unity in Salvador da Bahia.
Rémi Ochlik, who lost his life in the course of doing his photographic work, receives the HAZ Audience Award which is endowed with 1.000 €. In his photo reportage »Arab Spring« he captured the incidents of Arab Spring.
The Lumix Multimedia Award and 5.000 € prize money for the best multimedia story were given to the Dutch photographer Ilvy Njiokiktjien for »Afrikaner Blood«. She and her co-author Elles van Gelder convinced with their story about a group of South Africans who still believe in Apartheid, and about how hatred is being seeded into these young men’s hearts.
American photographer Christopher Capozziello received the Lammerhuber Photography Award which is endowed with 5.000, and he received a Honourable Mention in the category Lumix Multimedia Award. In his story »The Distance Between Us« Christopher Capoziello covers the past 10 years in the life of his twin brother Nick, who is a cerebral palsy patient, with his camera.
Another Honourable Mention in the category LUMIX Multimedia Award was given to Maisie Crow. With very emotional interviews, her multimedia story »Half Lives: The Chernobyl Workers Now« shows the life of the victims of the Nuclear Desaster in Tschernobyl in 1986, who had been replaced and forgotten by Ucranian Government
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