Photojournalism: Honorable Mention 2016 (professional)
Stranded in Greece - Greece Refugee Crisis by Gili Yaari (Israel)
ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Tents are placed on the docks and on the rails in the old train station of Idomeni. As of end of April, 2016 there were around 12,000 migrants in Idomeni refugee camp, at the Greek-Macedonian border.
AUTHOR
Gili Yaari is an Israel-based photojournalist specializing in documentary and news photography. In his work, Gili focuses on social and humanitarian issues as well as on contemporary Israeli issues.
Gili's works were published in New York Times, Time, Wall Street Journal, Le Monde, Corierra Della Serra, The Guardian and Financial Times among other international and Israeli magazines and daily papers.
Since 2007 Yaari is a contributing photographer for the Jerusalem based press photo agency Flash90. Since 2013 he is a contributing photographer to NurPhoto.
Yaari has participated in several group exhibitions in Israel and worldwide. His work was awarded in various international photography competitions like 'Sony World Photography Awards', 'Prix de la Photography Paris' (PX3), 'International Photography Awards' (IPA) and Moscow International Photography Awards (MIFA) among others.
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