People try to get a place on the train

• Photographer
  Sandra Hoyn, Germany
• Studio
  Freelance Photographer
• Website
  https://www.sandrahoyn.de
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/sandrahoyn/

People try to get a place on the roof of the train after the end of
the Biswa Ijtema, the second largest Muslim gathering in
Bangladesh at Tongi near Dhaka.

Sandra Hoyn (b. 1976) is an independent photojournalist based in Hamburg, Germany. She studied photography at the University of Applied Sciences Hamburg, graduating in 2005. She started working for magazines, NGOs and on her personal photo projects, focusing on social, environmental and human rights issues.

Awards 2017 she received the first prize of the Sony World Photography Awards in category daily life and POYi – Pictures of the Year International third place category portrait. In 2016 she received the Magnum Photography Award in category photojournalism, 2015 World Press Photo Award third prize, category nature singles.