PHOTO OF THE MONTH
It is fair to say that our beloved “tip-of-the-lake city-state,” renowned for its discretion and confidentiality, receives fewer visits from pop idols than human rights celebrities. Depicted here is Nobel Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of...
With the striking backdrop of Lac Léman, the peaceful grounds of the Palais feel worlds away from communities wracked by conflict or crisis. In this oasis, opening a window to the outside world helps those inside connect to the more turbulent places, the...
Hors-Service / Out of order. I shot this image at the International Conference Center Geneva (CICG) in December 2017, six and half years ago. Given the speed at which our technological world spins, it looks today like a postcard from the past, when delegates would not...
This image could have been shot at the Kennedy Space Center in the mid-1960s, if it was not for the laptop and cellphone giving it away. As a documentary photographer, one has got to cherish – and hang on to – historical artifacts which tell the story of a place, and...
In September 2021, the International Geneva community – just like the rest of the world – was still adjusting to the ‘new normal’ of the post-COVID-19 era. Events and conferences were mostly taking place online but in cases where they did not, everyone had to social...
Institutions and causes are larger than the individuals who serve them. At times, emblems can be strategically placed to remind people of this.
If a conference were a piece of music, it would be a symphony. Most of the hard work is done in composing and rehearsing. Nerves are increasingly on edge as the opening night approaches. It opens with the percussion instruments setting the pace, before the rest...
What goes through the mind of a young student who grew up in a refugee camp in Rwanda when he is about to address hundreds of delegates at a large-scale conference in Geneva? What has his journey been to reach this point? What does the future hold for...
Room XVIII of the Palais des Nations is the only one of the four large conference rooms of the E Building that has not been renovated to date. Its architecture is a testimony to the atmosphere that its creators wanted to create when they designed the room in the...
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It is fair to say that our beloved “tip-of-the-lake city-state,” renowned for its discretion and confidentiality, receives fewer visits from pop idols than human rights celebrities. Depicted here is Nobel Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of...
With the striking backdrop of Lac Léman, the peaceful grounds of the Palais feel worlds away from communities wracked by conflict or crisis. In this oasis, opening a window to the outside world helps those inside connect to the more turbulent places, the...
Hors-Service / Out of order. I shot this image at the International Conference Center Geneva (CICG) in December 2017, six and half years ago. Given the speed at which our technological world spins, it looks today like a postcard from the past, when delegates would not...
This image could have been shot at the Kennedy Space Center in the mid-1960s, if it was not for the laptop and cellphone giving it away. As a documentary photographer, one has got to cherish – and hang on to – historical artifacts which tell the story of a place, and...
In September 2021, the International Geneva community – just like the rest of the world – was still adjusting to the ‘new normal’ of the post-COVID-19 era. Events and conferences were mostly taking place online but in cases where they did not, everyone had to social...
Institutions and causes are larger than the individuals who serve them. At times, emblems can be strategically placed to remind people of this.
If a conference were a piece of music, it would be a symphony. Most of the hard work is done in composing and rehearsing. Nerves are increasingly on edge as the opening night approaches. It opens with the percussion instruments setting the pace, before the rest...
What goes through the mind of a young student who grew up in a refugee camp in Rwanda when he is about to address hundreds of delegates at a large-scale conference in Geneva? What has his journey been to reach this point? What does the future hold for...
Room XVIII of the Palais des Nations is the only one of the four large conference rooms of the E Building that has not been renovated to date. Its architecture is a testimony to the atmosphere that its creators wanted to create when they designed the room in the...
Shot over four years ago (pre-Covid and a lifetime in technological terms) this photograph speaks to the nexus of tradition, modernity and innovation. Looking forward, there is still a lot to be learned in terms of how digital tools (i.e. social media, online...
