Yannis Behrakis
1)
Yannis Behrakis is a photojournalist for Reuters
based in Athene, Greece. He has been photographing refuges and migrants for
over 25 years trying to bring awareness to the big problem that the world is
facing. Behrakis is a Pulitzer Prize winner for Braking News Photography in
2015 and European News Photographer of the Year 3 times. For his work he uses
Canon 1D Mark IV and 5D Mark III.
2) Behrakis states that taking pictures is the
least challenging part, even though he has to wait long hours for coming boats
of refugees, often during the night. The biggest struggle according to the
photojournalist is the emotional involvement: “…it was so sad to see the same
thing again and again”. For Behrakis the emotional impact of covering the
refugee crisis is devastating.
3)
Those many photographs that I saw were so incredibly
powerful. They show people’ suffering, straggle for the better future and at
the same time hope and inner strength. I think, this kind of photography can
have a deep impact on people and actually change how they perceive the refugees.
It can send a message that we are all the same and there have to be no place
for the discrimination based on nationality, religious or any other factors.
Yannis Behrakis does his job so the voice of these people could be heard
through his photographs and his stories.
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