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@moisessaman has been announced as the 2025 @pulitzerprizes Winner in Feature Photography 👏 In recognition of his work created on assignment for the @newyorkermag in December, Saman has received the award “for his haunting black and white images of Sednaya prison in Syria that capture the traumatic legacy of Assad’s torture chambers, forcing viewers to confront the raw horrors faced by prisoners and contemplate the scars on society." In addition to winning the Feature Photography prize, Saman is part of the reportage team at the @nytimes awarded the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting, for its investigation into the ongoing conflict in Sudan. For this, Saman contributed a series of images from the Nuba Mountains, documenting local rebel groups and the conflict’s impact on civilians. 🔗 Read the announcement at the link in the @magnumphotos bio. PHOTOS (left to right): (1) Boys wait for bread at a bakery in Douma, on the outskirts of Damascus. (2) A man stands in a graveyard damaged by bombing, in Jobar, one of the most heavily contested areas during the civil war. (3) Motasem Kattan, a former detainee in the Palestine Branch, reenacts his ordeal as his father looks on. (4) Smudged thumbprints cover a wall in the Palestine Branch, left by detainees going through registration or identification procedures. (5) A torture implement found in the basement of the Al-Khatib prison, operated by Syrian intelligence services. (6) An empty mass grave dug by the regime’s forces on the outskirts of Damascus. (7) Sednaya, north of Damascus, is one of the most notorious detention facilities in the world. (8) Visitors to the Palestine Branch found photographs of prisoners, likely taken during intake procedures or interrogations. (9) A funeral ceremony for the activist Mazen al-Hamada. His sister-in-law, Majida Kaddo (center), was unable to see him for years, before his remains were discovered near Damascus. (10) In a basement beneath the Mezzeh airbase, in Damascus, the regime held opponents in cramped, windowless cells. Syria. 2024. © @moisessaman / Magnum Photos
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One of the most powerful visual accounts of Syria’s trauma revealed after Assad’s fall. Deep respect to @moisessaman and the photo editor at The New Yorker—the work is captured with profound sensitivity and curated with striking precision. The images make me feel the pain and hopelessness. Respect to those who have carried this trauma for so long. I hope they one day receive answers about their missing loved ones and find a way to live with the weight of that loss.
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Congrats, @moisessaman 🖤
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So sad and yet so important to record and remember
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Palestina libre, desde todos los ríos hasta todos los mares.
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