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Srebrenica mass burial

  • Prize
    Gold in Press/General News, 2nd Place winner in Press
  • Photographer
    giuliano koren, Italy
  • Website

POTOCARI (SREBRENICA), BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. 11 JULY 2010.

775 coffins are placed inside the hangar in front of the cemetery, they will be buried during the celebration. The fifteenth anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica, eastern Bosnia. Hundreds of families bury their relatives in a mass funeral. Between 11 and 15 July 1995 Serbian forces massacred over 8000 Bosnian muslim males after taking control of Srebrenica - 3500 now rest in the memorial cemetery in Potocari. The remainder await exhumation from mass-graves and DNA-identification. Before being buried, the body parts of victims must be put back to at least 70%.

Giuliano Koren is a freelance photographer based in Trieste, Italy, where he borned in 1974.
He studied visual communication and photography at the ISIA (Institute of Artistic Industries) in Urbino, Italy, between 1996 and 2000. In this period he also attended the photography course at the University of Plymouth, England, gaining experience with colour printing and taking in-depth classes in photojournalism.
He has been working as a freelance photographer since 2008. His main interests include national and international photojournalistic reportage, commercial photography and advertising. He is currently collaborating with Italian and foreign photo press agencies.


His work has been published on several magazines such as: Espresso (ITA), Vanity Fair (ITA), D La repubblica delle donne (ITA), D casa (ITA), Focus (ITA), AutoEsporte magazine (BRA).

Awards FIIPA 2015 Fiof international photography awards
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Winner architecture category
Third place Portrait category

9th Annual Black & White Spider Awards
Nominee in fine art and portrait category
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International Photography Award 2013
Honorable Mention – People: portrait
Honorable Mention – Advertising: fashion

Orvieto Fotografia Professional Photography awards FIOF 2013
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Second place portrait category

7th Annual Black & White Spider Awards
Nominee in photojournalism and portrait category
www.thespiderawards.com/gallery/7th
www.thespiderawards.com/gallery/7th

Orvieto Fotografia Professional Photography awards FIOF 2012
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Portrait category winner

International Photography Award 2011
Honorable Mention – Editorial: general news
Honorable Mention – Nature: aerial

6th Annual Black & White Spider Awards
Nominee in photojournalism
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Px3 Prix de la photographie Paris 2011
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silver award – press category
gold award – press/general news category

Orvieto Fotografia Professional Photography awards 2011
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Silver award – Story category

The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards 2010
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Third place – Storyteller award

PX3 Prix de la photographie Paris 2010
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Honorable mention photojournalism – people/personality

Trierenberg Super Circuit 2010
Gold medal of excellence

Orvieto Fotografia Professional Photography awards 2010
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Portrait category winner

Px3 Prix de la photographie Paris 2009
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3th place photojournalism – war category
Px3 people’s choice awards 2009
3th place photojournalism – war category

The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards 2009
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Honorable Mention – documentary category

Premiofotografico 2009
Tau Visual – Associazione Nazionale Fotografi Professionisti
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First place in category “photojournalism of deepening”
Third place in category “portrait editorial”

International Photography Award 2009
Honorable Mention – Editorial: war/conflict
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Honorable Mention – Editorial: general news
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Orvieto Fotografia Professional Photography awards 2009
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Bronze award – reportage category

Orvieto Fotografia Professional Photography awards 2008
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Reportage category winner
Best score image
Gold, silver and bronze award