Young PKK fighter near the frontlines in Makhmour/Iraq
Conflict & Documentary
A selection of my work in Iraq/south-east Turkey and along the Syrian border area between 2012 and 2015. During this time my reportage work in Middle East got published over 700 times as single shots or entire reportages in various magazines like The Guardian, Huffington Post, Time Magazine, Wall Street Journal, Le Nouvel Observateur or Vice News…
hand-out of ice cubes in a refugee camp
UNHCR refugee camp
sunset in a refugee camp
sandstorm
arising sandstorm in a refugee camp
sandstorm
refugee kids in a camp near Hawler/Iraq
worse water situations in a refugee camp in the north iraqi mountain range
handing out food
refugees
refugee kid in a shabby illegal refugee camp
barbwire
shuttle to the frontlines
Quaraqosh/Iraq
table in the office from a top-ranking officer, waiting for permissions
inside a conquered vehicle from Daesh (Islamic state)
Peshmerga fighter
refugee holding a ID and waiting for relief items
distribution of relief items
distribution of relief items
waiting for relief items
relief items
kids in a refugee camp
kids in a refugee camp
kids in a refugee camp
Checkpoint
a kurdish special forces soldier in Quaraqosh/Iraq
a kurdish special forces soldier in a christian shop in Quaraqosh/Iraq
cartridge cases after a heavy fight
PKK pick-up truck
holding area
Kurdish fighter during a break from fighting at the frontline to Daesh (IS)
frontline
Hawler/Iraq