LightHouse Keepers of Sakhalin

• Prize
  Silver in Press/People/Personality
• Photographer
  dean yeadon, Mauritius
• Studio
  YeadonYeadon
• Website
  http://yeadonyeadon.photo
• Instagram
  yeadonyeadon

On the vast and wild Sakhalin Island lies the last place in the world with a series of man operated lighthouses. Just a hundred kilometres in places from Hokkaido, these hardy and tough men operate under the protectorship of the Russian military. Most of the building and equipment is left over from the Japanese occupation, a strange mixture of Soviet resilience and Japanese industry.

Focused on the other side of life, where my camera can explore areas that i wouldn't normally have access to. I am drawn to intensely human stories, good or bad, in the places people have forgotten exist.

Awards 2022 Px3 Silver
2021 Curators Selection Prix de la Photoraphie Paris
2020 Tokyo International Photo Awards - Gold
2019 Moscow Foto Awards - Bronze
2018 & 2019 Curators Selection Prix de la Photoraphie Paris
Hasselblad Masters Pick
2018 Special Jury Selection "State of the World" PX3
2018 Tokyo International Photo Awards - Silver
2016 & 2017 Bronze at MPA
2 Published Books, Madagascar and Rodrigues Raw