Friday, July 15, 2011

Mars Mira 2011- Peace March Tuzla- Srebrenica

Mladic has been caught. With the Serbian capture of Srebrenica in July 1995, the biggest genocide post Second World War unfolded in Bosnia. More then 8000 men and boys were systematically killed in only a few days. To mark the anniversary of this event, a peace march takes place over three days between the towns of Tuzla and Srebrenica. The walk is about 110 km and goes through a rather hilly district in Bosnia Herzegovina in pretty much extreme summer temperatures (We had 42 degrees Celsius this year!). in 1995 men and boys walked this route in order to escape the slaughter. After the three days of walking, the coffins of the identified bodies from this year are carried out to the memorial cemetery at Potocari for a memorial funeral that takes place on the 11th of every July. This year 613 bodies were laid to rest. I took part this year and spoke to many interesting people who had many incredible stories to tell. The work to make this into a story has only just begun, but here are some samples:

Walking through villages

Exhaustion after one long day of walking (about 42km)

Evening prayers

Ready for a new day

People arriving at the Potočari memorial cemetery

613 coffins being carried out

Mourning their loved once

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Synthon turns 20 years

The other day I visited Synthon's head offices in Nijmegen (www.synthon.com). The company turns 20 years old this year and celebrates by opening a new massive Bio tech laboratory. The evening was spent celebrating with everybody at a boat party!

The new Bio tech laboratory in Nijmegen, Holland

CEO Rudy Mareel

The new Bio tech laboratory in Nijmegen, Holland

Klaus Kuchen, CEO Synthon Mexico
 
Dr. JacquesLemmens at Synthon's 20 year party 

Synthon celebrating 20 years

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Mexican News Agency Notimex at the UN in Geneva.

I have recently worked with Gabriela Sotomayor, journalist for the Mexican news agency Notimex (www.notimex.com.mx). It has been very interesting with first photographing at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction. Amongst the speakers were where UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and the Head of Government of the Federal District (Mexico)Marcelo Luis Ebrard Casaubón.
Director- General of the UN Ban Ki-moon.
Head of Government of the Federal District (Mexico)Marcelo Luis Ebrard Casaubón.
Then the other day, WHO had its sixty-fourth world health assembly and amongst the speakers were Bill Gates, the Health Minister of Mexico Dr. Jose Angel Cordova and the Director- General of the WHO Dr. Margaret Chan. Bill Gates was on behalf of the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation calling for more political and financial support so that "by 2020, we can prevent 10 million deaths".
Health Minister of Mexico Dr. Jose Angel Cordova
Health Minister of Mexico Dr. Jose Angel Cordova.
Director- General of the WHO Dr. Margaret Chan
Bill Gates talking about the vaccination program of
the Bill and Melinda Gatres foundation.
Bill Gates talking about the vaccination program of the Bill and Melinda Gatres foundation.

#billgates #gatesfoundation #mexico #notimex #vaccine #un #who #photojournalism #margaretchan #joseangelcordova #marceloluisebrardcasaubón #bankimoon 

Sunday, March 06, 2011

Bosnia February 2011

Clare Cook from WHA (www.webster-humanitarian-association.org) and myself visited Bosnia again this February. We visited Hajra Catic and Noura Beganovic from the association "Mothers of Srebrenica" who survived the genocide that took place in Srebrenica in 1995 (1), the Imam of Srebrenica (2),  as well as Medica Zenica "Big buddy project"(7), the Identification Centre in Tuzla (8, Photo shows self made tobacco box) and the Potocari Memorial Center outside Srebrenica (5, photo shows the first Croat/ Christian grave at the cemetery). We also stopped at (6) a warehouse, which was scene of a large execution on the 11th or 12th of July 2005. About 1500 peopled were murdered there.








Friday, February 11, 2011

Synthon

Barcelona
Synthon (www.synthon.com) is a pharmaceutical company that does research and produces generic medicines with research and production world wide. Synthon is turning 20 years in 2011 and my job has been to make a portrait of the company. To do this, I visited seven of their main locations; Nijmegen in Holland where the head office is, Barcelona in Spain, North Carolina in the USA, Guadalajara in Mexico, Blansko in the Czech Republic, Santiago in Chile and San Lorenzo and Buenos Aires in Argentina. I have met a lot of very interesting people and it has been an extraordinary experience getting to know this very special company.

Barcelona

USA

Barcelona

Holland

Czech Republic

Mexico

Holland

Chile

Chile

Chile

Argenitina
#pharma #storytelling #photojournalism #documentary #synthon #nikon #d4 #d810 #nikon #nikonpro #reportage #education #photography #santiago #sb910 #holland #chile #spain #mexico #usa #argentina #czechrepublic #20years 

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Paris Photo 2010

I visited Paris Photo this weekend- and it was, as expected, as busy as ever, with plenty of excellent photography and a book signing session with Martin Parr! Here are some flavours of Paris.. 
Louvre at night
The Eiffel Tower

Jardin des Tuileries

Monday, November 01, 2010

Allminds workshop in London.

Magician Christopher Howell (http://www.christopherhowell.net)
Portrait shoot of Christopher Howell
I gave a workshop in London last week with the school Allminds (www.allminds.ch). We had a great day, visited Photofusion in Brixton and got the opportunity to photograph Magician Christopher Howell! (www.projectillusions.com)

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Emma & James in Zermatt.

The other weekend, Emma and James got married in Zermatt. What a setting, the weather was fantastic and the location was perfect with a beautiful view of the Swiss Alps and Matterhorn as a backdrop. 

Monday, July 05, 2010

Eterna Watch Factory

The other day I worked with Keith Strandberg (www.keithstrandberg.com) who is a Senior Editor of Watch Journal. We visited Eterna Watch Factory (www.eterna.com) in Grenchen Switzerland. It was a really nice experience to see how some very exclusive watches are being made. It takes two months to put together some of these watches!