My name is Matthias Bruggmann.

I do photography.

As of late, I tend to spend quite a bit of time in Ukraine.

A few years ago, I won an award (http://prixelysee.ch/en/), and thanks to it, I made a book about the Syrian conflict (but not only).

It is called An Act of Unspeakable Violence / Un Acte d'une Violence Indicible. You can see what it looks like here: https://exb.fr/en/home/358-un-acte-d-une-violence-indicible-9782365111874.html.

People have written about it, and I have spoken about it, and the issues around it.

Here are some of the most recent instances of that:

In English:

https://phmuseum.com/news/documenting-the-complexities-and-horrors-of-syrias-raging-war

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWReK3oW2AY (with German subtitles)

En Français:

https://www.rts.ch/play/radio/les-raconteurs/audio/aller-vers-lautre-avec-le-photographe-matthias-bruggmann?id=11763002 (audio)

http://revuechameaux.org/numeros/guerre-et-terrorisme/matthias-bruggmann-decentrement-et-incertitude-du-regard/

https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/la-grande-table-1ere-partie/images-la-fin-de-la-neutralite (audio)

https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2019/01/03/images-a-retardement-de-la-guerre-en-syrie_5404617_3246.html

https://pages.rts.ch/la-1ere/programmes/vertigo/9900663-vertigo-du-22-10-2018.html#timeline-anchor-segment-9936871 (audio)

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In the past, I have done other things with and around photography, and won other awards. The take home is that, if you can, you should support the Dr Hawa Abdi foundation (https://www.dhaf.org), in Syria, the White Helmets (https://www.whitehelmets.org/en/), and in Ukraine, civil society organisations.

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Socials:

twitter

bsky

instagram

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Representation:

Art world: Bernard Utudjian at Galerie Polaris - https://www.galeriepolaris.fr/contact/

Everyone else: Jeffrey Smith at Contact Press Images - http://contactpressimages.com/contactus.html