Batteries are catalysts of massive changes in our time - industrial and social. Boom of battery driven devices is causing the market for its component lithium to soar, creating a modern-day gold rush with geo-strategic consequences.
Story follows the value chain of lithium from investment & prospecting in US, to the mining in Bolivia, production of batteries and EV's in China & to the small oil state Norway leading the way to electrify all of its transportation – cars, buses, planes & boats.
It's a story of how lithium is changing societies & might have a role in saving our Planet.
Matjaz Krivic is a documentary photographer capturing stories of people and places. For 25 years he has covered the face of the earth in his intense, personal and aesthetically moving style that has won him several prestigious awards, including World Press Photo in 2016.
Awards 2019 | LENSCULTURE DOCUMENTARY STORYTELLING AWARD, 1st prize winner, NL
2019 | POYi Environmental Vision Award, Finalist, USA
2019 | MALTA INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD, 1st prize winner, MT
2019 | TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR, Portfolio series, 1st prize winner, GB
2018 | ISTANBUL PHOTO AWARDS, Environmental series, 2nd prize winner, TR
2017 | HIPA, Series, 4th place winner, UAE
2017 | SLOVENIA PRESS PHOTO, Environmental series, 1st prize winner, SLO
2016 | WORLD PRESS PHOTO, Portrait single, 2nd prize winner, NL
2016 | PALM SPRINGS PHOTO FESTIVAL, Slide show, 1st prize winner, USA
2016 | SIENA INTERNATIONAL PHOTO AWARDS, Travel category, 2nd place, IT
2016 | THE OTHER HUNDRED, Winner, USA
2014 | SLOVENIA PRESS PHOTO, People series, 1st prize winner, SLO
2010 | SLOVENIA PRESS PHOTO, Culture & Entertainment, 1st prize winner, SLO
2010 | TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR, Amazing places, 1st prize winner, UK
2003 | GEOGRAPHICAL Photographer of the year, Nature single, 1st prize winner, UK
2003 | TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR, Judges Favourite Award, UK
2002 | GEOGRAPHICAL Photographer of the year, Overall 1st prize winner, UK
2001 | GEA Photographer of the year 2001, Overall, 1st prize winner, SLO
