The last sight

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Photographer

Roberto Travan
Prize

Honorable Mention
Company/Studios

RobertoTravan
Date of Photograph

February 5th 2017
Technical Info

NIkon D810, no flash, lens: 50mm f 1.8, 1/80 sec, f/4,0 ISO 2500
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Website

https://robertotravan.it/

The last image of Sergey, the Ukrainian soldier photographed a year ago in the Donbass. Sergey was fighting in Promzona, an area still attacked by pro-Russian separatists. I met this soldier in a shed while the fighting raged. In the bulletproof vest, beside the dagger and the Kalashnikov he held a crucifix. A month later Sergey was killed by a mortar shell

Biography

Independent photographer specialized in war and social reportage. I followed the conflict in Afghanistan and Kosovo. In the Central African Republic I talked about the clashes between anti-Balaka and Muslim Séléka Christians. Since 2015 I have been involved in the Donbass conflict in Ukraine. The same year I made the first of two photo shoots on the conflict in Nagorno- Karabakh, the Caucasian Republic which declared independence from Azerbaijan in 1992.I also followed the popular protests in Armenia and Tunisia, and documented the daily life of Orthodox Jews Jerusalem.
Awards

I won the TIPA Gold Award - category: Publishing / Conflict - at the Tokyo International Foto Award 2018.