Tag: Jens Olof Lasthein

  • Oskar Barnack Award Winner Jens Olof Lasthein « The Leica Camera

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    The pictures are made in Abkhazia, one of the small breakaway republics of Georgia. I went there because I was curious about life in a country which didn’t formally exist: What is life like in a country marked by war, isolation and not recognized, with no or limited possibilities to travel abroad or having contact with the surrounding world?

  • PhotoPhnomPenh 2011 Jens Olof Lasthein

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    The panoramic shot, a unique way of emphasizing a way of looking that is much more ample than our ordinary view, is rarely used in reportage, since the snapshot, in this format, would seem to be a random challenge