Swiss Press Photo 2014: The Winners

Geneva-based Mark Henley receives the prize for his series of images of the Iran nuclear talks in Geneva. The other winners are Samuel Tanner (print), Marcel Gyr (online), Maurine Mercier (radio) and Sophie Hostettler (television). Journalist François Gross was honored with the Reinhardt von Graffenried Lifetime Achievement Award. He follows photographers René Burri (2011) and Robert Frank (2012) and journalist Arnold Hottinger (2013).

The award winners in brief

Print (Jury headed by Peter Rothenbühler)
Samuel Tanner for "Chaosphase auf der A13" published on 25.10.2013 in Ostschweiz am Sonntag.
To the article
Freeway A13 near Au. 15 cars run over a 56-year-old, body parts scattered over 140 meters. The memories of five people involved.

Online (Jury headed by Peter Hogenkamp)
Marcel Gyr for "50 Jahre Seegfrörni" published on 25.1.2013 on NZZ Online.
To the article
Review of the last Seegfrörni (Lake Zurich) in 1963, including photo and film material from the readership. Supplemented with current text and video contributions. Digital compilation in a "Tile Package".

Radio (Jury headed by Patrick Nussbaum)
Maurine Mercier for "Dans la peau des mécanos. Quand trop c'est trop!" broadcast on 24.8.2013 in the program 15 minutes on Radio RTS La 1ère.
About the show
On July 29, two trains collide in Granges-près-Marnard in the canton of Vaud. The accident results in one death and 26 injuries. The train drivers are under pressure. For many, this profession was a childhood dream that is now being shattered. SBB has to convince young people to choose the profession of train driver. This job is very challenging and requires a lot of responsibility. Maurine Mercier spoke to some of the drivers in the cab who admit to sometimes falling asleep at the wheel...

Television (Jury under the direction of Mario Cortesi)
Sophie Hostettler for "Der Jurakonflikt - Serie im Vorfeld zur Abstimmung vom 24. November 2013" broadcast from 11.11.2013 on Telebärn News.
About the show
TeleBärn was on the road in the Jura for a week in the run-up to the Jura vote. The five-part series was produced on a daily basis and was broadcast on the news.

All winning images, as well as the second and third place works can be found onSwisspressphoto.ch.

The yearbook featuring the best Swiss press photos is published by Benteli Verlag and is available in bookstores. The national touring exhibition "Swiss Press Photo 14" begins on April 30 at the National Museum in Zurich before moving on to Locarno, Bern and Prangins. The iPhone app is available for free in the App Store.

Each of the six winners was presented with the diamond for their outstanding work and the sum of 20,000 Swiss francs. The Swiss Press Photo category winners each received 2,000 Swiss francs. The publisher-independent Fondation Reinhardt von Graffenried was founded by Franziska and Erwin Reinhardt-Scherz together with Charles von Graffenried - who died two years ago in July - with the aim of promoting Swiss journalism. 2014 marks the 28th year of the Swiss Prize for Local Journalism and the 23rd for Swiss Press Photo.