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Gaza Burial. The bodies of two-year-old Suhaib Hijazi and his elder brother Muhammad, almost four, are carried by their uncles to a mosque for their funeral
HANSEN Paul (Paul Hansen is a photojournalist based in Stockholm, Sweden. As a staff photographer for the daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter his assignments and self-initiated projects, take him all over the world – as well as just around the corner. In working with multimedia and by also writing his own reportages Paul assumes a big journalistic responsibility to great acclaim by his newspapers readership. In covering events whether it is in Haiti, Bosnia, Afghanistan – or back home in Sweden there is always one common denominator that link his work together; empathy.
His visual storytelling has, among many domestic and international prizes and honors, also awarded him “Picture of the year” two times and “Photographer of the Year” in Sweden eight times. He was also awarded “Photographer of the year Newspaper” in POYi 2010 and 2013, “World Press Photo, 2012”, a second place in “Photographer of the year” in POYi 2015 and a second place in “General News” by World Press Photo 2016.
[Source: artist's website])
Full title: The bodies of two-year-old Suhaib Hijazi and his elder brother Muhammad, almost four, are carried by their uncles to a mosque for their funeral, in Gaza City. The children were killed when their house was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike on 19 November. The strike also killed their father, Fouad, and severely injured their mother and four other siblings.
[Source: World Press Photo]
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 57470
Creation/Production
HANSEN Paul
Acquisition
Gift, 25/4/2017
Donated by David Hurn, 2017
Measurements
h(cm) image size:37.5
h(cm)
w(cm) image size:56.3
w(cm)
h(cm) paper size:42.2
w(cm) paper size:59.4
Techniques
Digital C-type print
Material
Photographic paper
Location
In store
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