Swiss Press Photo 19: These are the winners
The winners of the 2019 "Swiss Press Photo" awards presented by the Fondation Reinhardt von Graffenried are known in all categories.
The main winner of the "Swiss Press Photo 19", the "Swiss Press Photographer of the Year", will be chosen at the Swiss Press Award ceremony on April 24, 2019 in Bern. The winner of the "Swiss Press Local" and the journalists nominated for the Swiss Press Print, Online, Radio and Video Awards will be announced on Friday, April 12, 2019.
On July 27, 2018, old railroad ties catch fire on the premises of a logistics company at the Rhine port in Basel. A handful of onlookers watch relaxed as a 30-meter-high column of smoke rises into the sky; someone takes a selfie. At the same time, the police have triggered a poison alert and instructed the public to stay indoors and close windows and doors.
The Chläuse of the St. Nicholas Society Zurich not only visit children during Advent, but also criminals. On December 3, 2018, they marched into the Pöschwies correctional facility. Inside, Santa Claus does not read the inmates the riot act individually, although there would be every reason to do so. Rather, he tells a general story, hands out Grittibänze - and is received with an astonishing amount of warmth, but also respect.
The Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist invites together with the nature conservation organization WWF to an art performance in the water on October 7, 2018. Under the title "Toi comme le corail symbiotique", around 500 guests will swim in the newly renovated Hirschengraben indoor swimming pool in Bern in the blaze of color created by video projections. Rist wants to draw attention to the dying of the corals.
On June 22, 2018, Switzerland wins against Serbia at the World Cup in Russia. More talked about than the victory is the double eagle, a symbol on the Albanian flag. The Swiss Granit Xhaka shows it after the 1:1, Xherdan Shaqiri doubles after the 2:1. The gesture is interpreted by the two dual citizens as a provocation of the opponent. The football association FIFA fines them 10,000 Swiss francs each.
In Goudoumaria in the African state of Niger, there is a rehabilitation center for ex-members of Boko Haram. Here, attempts are being made to reintegrate repentant fighters of the Islamist terror sect. Some want to remain anonymous, like Mohamed from Nigeria. Others show their faces, like Ali, who voluntarily entered the center. There is also a women's section there.
"The minister does not appear in any picture, but each one shows his view of things": so says the report on Federal Councilor Alain Berset on the occasion of his presidential year 2018. Head of Communications Nicole Lamon is always nearby. "Alain" congratulates National Council President Jürg Stahl. A federal weibel strides forward. Bodybuilder Fanny Clavien takes a selfie with Berset.
