A Hard Serbian Winter

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• Photographer
  Kristof Vadino Kristof Vadino PRICES Lensculture Emerging Photographer 2016 Nikon Press Photographers Award 2016 category stories Life Framer Award 2nd place IPA (International Photographers Award) honorable mention Editorial Finalist Rencontres d'Arles Festival Voies-Off 2016 and screening at the festival Finalist Pierre and Alexandra Boulat Grant 2016 Finalist Brussels Street Photography Festival 2016 GRANTS 2016: International Development Grant from the European Journalism Centre: to document on waste pickers in India and Haïti 2014-2015: The Pascal Decroos Fund for Investigative Journalism: to document the conditions of the textile workers in Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2015: Fund Filip Decock: to document the bio-degradation of Tonle Sap Lake, a central part of the Mekong biosphere I work on a steady basis for Belgian newspapers De Standaard, De Tijd and L'Echo and also for the Dutch weekly magazine Elsevier. Also publishing in other media: Le Monde, BBC, Goethe Institute, Groene Amsterdammer among others. And working on a regular basis for the NGO Doctors of The World: covering the refugee crisis in Europe, East-Congo, etc. , Belgium
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"Are we human?", more than one refugee asked me since I started covering the refugee
odyssey towards Europe. And some ask it again here in Serbia where temperatures drop till -20°C. They survive in warehouses, old shacks and abandonned train wagons behind the train station in Belgrade, some as young as ten years old. They suffer from cold related diseases like frost bites, from hunger and depression. The capital of Serbia became a permanent residence for refugees as Hungary and Croatia's borders are sealed with fences and border patrols. Hungary only investigates 10 asylum claims a day, prioritizing Syrians and families. Male refugees from wartorn countries as Iraq and Afghanistan wait an indefinite time in Serbia. Many who try to cross the borders are beaten up and bitten by police dogs, and pushed back into Serbia. Where they survive in the winter cold.

• Biography
  Freelance photojournalist, since 4 years working for Belgian and international media. Publications include De Standaard, Le Monde, Le Courrier International, BBC, Elsevier, De Tijd, De Groene Amsterdammer, Goethe Insitute, among others. I also work for the NGO's Doctors of the World, Doctors Without Borders, Handicap International.
• Awards
  Lensculture one of the 50 best Emerging Photographers Worldwide 2016 IPA (International Photography Awards) General News Third Prize 2018 PX3 Paris Photo Bronze in the categorie Press 2017 Ipoty (Internatiol Photographer of the Year) 3thd place Editorial 2016 Nikon Press Photographers Award in the categorie Stories 2016 IPA (International Photography Awards) honorable mention in the category Photo Essay 2018 IPA (International Photography Awards) second honorable mention in the category Photo Essay 2018 Finalist and featured at Rencontres d'Arles 2016 2nd prize of Life Framer 'Humans of the World' 2015 Ipoty (Internatiol Photographer of the Year) honorable mention category Daily Life 2017 IPA (International Photography Awards) honorable mention in the category Photo Stories 2016 IPA (International Photography Awards) honorable mention in the category Photo Essay 2017 IPA (International Photography Awards) honorable mention in the category General News 2017 IPA (International Photography Awards) second honorable mention in the category General News 2017 Honorable mention ND Awards 2017 Finalist Life Framer 'An instant' 2018 Editor's pick Life Framer 'Contemporary Pilgrims' 2017 Honorable mention Life Framer 'Urban Life' 2018 Finalist Pierre and Alexandra Boulat Grant 2016 Finalist Brussels Street Photography Festival 2016 In 2014-2017 three grants gave me the opportunity to work on longterm projects: Fund Pascal Decroos for reporting on the textile workers of Cambodia. Fund Filip Decock for documenting the eco-sustainibility of Tonle Sap Lake. And International Development Reporting Grant for