Entry Title: " Go, my beauty"
Name: Gordon Welters, Germany
Category: Professional, Family


Entry Description: It is difficult for us to understand if people dying. Especialy when they are very close to us. Although dying is an inseparable part of life, the death does not really take place in our society. Dana is 25, loves and challenges life while feeling the knot under the skin. Nine years later, after breast amputation, chemotherapy she lies a the palliative care unit of a hospital. Dana says goodby to her friends, family and also to her small son.

Gordon is a photojournalist currently based in Berlin, Germany. He was born in Germany in 1974. Since 1998 he works as a freelance editorial and reportage photographer. In 2003/2004 Gordon studied photo journalism at London College of Communication. Since 2006 Gordon is represented by photo agency laif. He regularly works for national and international magazines and newspapers, also for non-government organizations, enterprises and advertising agencies. For his reportages Gordon travelled to Russia, Kazakhstan, Senegal, Canada, Indonesia, Cuba and in Europe. He organizes and leads different workshops about photography, was a jury member of various photo awards in Germany and the USA. In 2010 Gordon received a scholarship from VG Bildkunst.