Meinrad Schade
An artisanal miner carries heavy sacks filled with ore in the Kamatanda copper and cobalt mine in Katanga Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Meinrad Schade
Meinrad Schade
A miner takes a break at an artisanal gold mine near Kakanda in Katanga Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Meinrad Schade
Meinrad Schade
An artisanal cobalt and copper mine at Kamatanda in Katanga Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Meinrad Schade
Didier Ruef
Recycling old computers and electronic components by hand in Guiyu, Guangdong Province in China.
Didier Ruef
Didier Ruef
A public phone shop in Beilin, near Guiyu, in China's Guangdong Province.
Didier Ruef
Didier Ruef
Recycling old computers, monitors and electronic components in Nanyang near Guiyu in China's Guangdong Province.
Didier Ruef
Olivier Vogelsang
Benghazi residents learn how to handle a gun in preparation for fighting Gaddafi's forces during the Libyan revolution (March 2011).
Olivier Vogelsang
Olivier Vogelsang
Doctors and other health workers look on as bombing raids get closer to Ras Lanuf hospital in Libya (March 8, 2011).
Olivier Vogelsang
Olivier Vogelsang
Opposition forces pray close to Ras Lanuf in Libya (March 8, 2011).
Olivier Vogelsang
Thomas Kern
Haïti - Fort National.
Thomas Kern
Thomas Kern
Haïti - Morne Cabrit.
Thomas Kern
Thomas Kern
A funeral ceremony at Port-au-Prince in Haiti (December 16, 2005).
Thomas Kern
Christoph Bangert
The Asia Symphony cargo ship crashed into a seawall at Kamaishi harbour following the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, 2011.
Christoph Bangert
Christoph Bangert
Displaced people evacuated from Minamisoma, Futaba and other towns and villages near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear power plant are checked for radiation before entering the Azuma Gymnasium sports facility in Fukushima City, where around 1,200 evacuees found temporary shelter.
Christoph Bangert
Christoph Bangert
A local shelter for displaced people in Natori, near Sendai. On March 11, 2011 a devastating earthquake hit Japan followed by a tsunami and the most serious nuclear incident since Chernobyl.
Christoph Bangert
Reporters without Borders (RSF) Switzerland is organising a special photo exhibition of six Swiss war photographers in Geneva to promote its activities as well as freedom of information and expression.
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Thomas Kern was born in Switzerland in 1965. Trained as a photographer in Zürich, he started working as a photojournalist in 1989. He was a founder of the Swiss photographers agency Lookat Photos in 1990. Thomas Kern has won twice a World Press Award and has been awarded several Swiss national scholarships. His work has been widely exhibited and it is represented in various collections.
The exhibition held at the Espace ExpoSIG at the Pont de la Machine in Geneva features images by photographers Didier Ruef (China), Meinrad Schade (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Christoph Bangert (Fukushima), Thomas Kern (Haïti), Reto Albertalli (Afghanistan) and Olivier Vogelsang (Libya).
The exhibition also features an animation film on cluster bombs in southern Lebanon produced by artist Patrick Chappatte. The exhibition runs until September 15.
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