Khartoum; After Two Years of War

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Photographer

Giles Clarke
Prize

3rd Place / Editorial / Press/War / Conflict
Company/Studios

CNN Digital, Avaaz.org, UNOCHA
Date of Photograph

2025
Technical Info

SONY A7r 111 - GM 24-70mm, Zeiss 16-35mm
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Website

http://www.gilesnclarke.com/

Sudan’s civil war has been raging for over two years and has left tens of thousands dead. The fighting erupted on the streets of Khartoum in April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), the country's military, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which former Sudanese leader Omar Bashir created to quell anti-Arab insurgents in the Darfur region some 25 years earlier. The city, formerly home to 7 million people, fell under RSF control for two brutal years. The photographer visited the shell-shocked capital in April 2025, two weeks after the last RSF militants were finally driven out.

Biography

Giles Clarke is a photojournalist based in New York City and focuses on capturing the human face of current and post-conflict issues worldwide. Clarke began his photography career as a professional black-and-white printer in London and New York. During the mid-1990s, he worked on some now-iconic fashion campaigns in the Richard Avedon darkroom in New York. Clarke prefers to work with NGOs, UN agencies, and relevant global media organizations to further awareness of pressing humanitarian and current news issues and icurrently focusing on Haiti, Iraq, and 'Cancer Alley' in Louisiana, USA.
Awards

In June 2024, Clarke won the 2024 World Report Award (Master Award section), presented by the Festival of Ethical Photography in Italy, for his Haiti reportage since 2014. In 2022, Clarke was awarded the Sharjah Government Communication Award for his past work in El Salvador. In December 2021, Clarke was awarded the 'WARS Photography Award' created by 'Associazione 46 Parallelo / Atlante Delle Wars in Italy. 2021 - PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris - Gold Award - 'Yemen In Covid' - War/Press Category 2021 - PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris - Silver Award - 'Migrants & Refugees in Yemen' - War/Press Category 2018 - World Report Award - 2nd Place, Single Shot Award 2018: Sony World Photography Awards - Finalist, Current Affairs & News Category - Yemen In Crisis 2018: Allard Photo Prize - Winner - Yemen In Crisis 2017: Lucie Award - 1st Place, Deeper Perspective Award - Yemen In Crisis 2017: Mobile Photo Awards - Grand Prize Winner 2016: Allard Photo Prize - Winner - Toxic Trespass, Bhopal 2016: National Press Photographers Association’s Best of Photojournalism - 1st Prize, Environmental Picture Story - Waste In Time, Haiti 2016: National Press Photographers Association’s Best of Photojournalism - 2nd Prize, Contemporary Issues Story - Toxic Trespass, Bhopal 2016: Sony World Photography Awards - Finalist, Campaign Category - Toxic Trespass, Bhopal 2016: PDN Storytellers - Winner, Environmental Story - Waste In Time, Haiti 2016: Pictures of the Year International POYI- Award of Excellence - Toxic Trespass, Bhopal 2015: Lucie Foundation: International Photography Awards - 1st Place, Photo Essay and Feature Story - Waste In Time, Haiti