BEYOND AFGHANISTAN - The Struggle of The Refugees
BEYOND AFGHANISTAN - The Struggle of the Refugees is a photojournalistic essay about the unaccompanied young refugees who came from Afghanistan and their struggle to create a life for themselves in Sweden.
ome were granted residence, while others who had their applications rejected are now in hiding or have ed to other places in Europe, so as to avoid the forced deportation to Kabul.
Åke Ericson followed the young Afghans in their everyday lives after receiving their deportation orders, on the train while eeing to France and in the tent-camps under the bridges of Paris.
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Biography
Born in Västerås, Sweden. He had his first picture published when he 14 years old and started working as a photographer at the age of 16. After 12 years at various local newspapers in Sweden, he worked at Scandinavia's largest newspaper, Aftonbladet, where he worked for 10 years. Since 2000 he has been working as a freelance photojournalist. He has been working and travelling in over 90 countries. He is affiliated with Redux Pictures in New York.
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Awards
Awards:
Best of Photojournalism in USA 2007
Picture of the year in USA 2008
Picture of the year in USA 2008
Best of photojournalism in USA 2008
Photojournalist of the year in Sweden 2008
Scanpix Photo Prize 2011
Photo essay of the year in Sweden 2011
YIPPA Photo essay of the year 2012
One of the best photo books in Pictures of the year in USA 2012
International Photography Award HM in Deeper Perspective 2012
Documentary prize The museum of work 2012
International Photography Award HM Portrait 2014
International Photography Award HM in Deeper Perspective
2016 International Photography Award Winner for Non Grata Photo book 2018
International Photography Award HM Portrait 2018
International Photography Award HM Photo essay 2018
Picture of the year Award for Non Grata Photo book in USA 2019
Second prize in the Best picture of the year,
Swedish Content Award International Photography Award HM Documentary 2019
International Photography Award Third prize
for Beyond Afghanistan - The Struggle of the Refugees 2020
International Photography Award Two HM Documentary 2021
