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| The book has two sections, 176 pages of photos and 80 pages of editorial features. |
The book features the best of 2023 Swiss journalism. The photo section covers News, Daily life, Swiss stories, Portrait, Sports and the World. The entries are of a particularly high standard but what makes the book quite fascinating, I thought, are the in-depth captions to the photos. Other press photo books I've seen use very brief captions: photographer, location and date. The war in the Ukraine gets a good showing in the World and Portrait pages. Swiss stories has some intriguing photos of a falling down hotel on the Gemmi Pass, printing the Bieler Tagblatt newspaper and a sex worker who supports people with disabilities (these photos won the first prize).
Turn the book upside down and front to back to reveal the cover for the text awards of the Swiss press, this section has eighty pages with some reproductions of newspaper pages, online, audio and video news.
The book is in German, French, Italian and English. Worth saying here, I think, is the excellent translation into English by Thomas Rothin. The pages have a simple elegant design, printed by Steidl with a 175 screen on matt art paper. The title will certainly interest media Photo Editors.
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