Prizes, Awards – Photography
2024 Nomination for the series "Railway Community" and "Cham Community" in the photojournalism category at the Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA)
2024 Platinum for the series "Railway Community" and Gold for the series "Smor San", both in the category Black & White Photography - Photojournalism at the Muse Awards 2024
2023 Honorable mention at the Annual Photography Awards in the People: Documentary category for the series "Smor San" and "Cham Community".
Winner and Silver Winner in the Black & White Photography category at the New York Photography Awards for the series "Railway Community" and "Smor San"
2023 Honorable Mention at the Black & White Photo Contest at the reFocus Awards for the series "Railway Community"
2023 Nominated for the World Photo Annual Award at the reFocus Awards for the series "Smor San"
2023 Nominated for a People’s Vote Award at the reFocus Awards for the series "Railway Community"
2023 3rd place at the ND Awards in the Photo Essay / Story category for the series "Smor San"
2023 Official Selection and Honorable Mention at the International Photo Awards in the Editorial / Press Photo Essay / Feature Story category for the series "Railway Community"
2023 Bronze at the Prix de la Photographie de Paris in the Presse/Feature Story category for the series "Smor San"
2023 Shortlisted at the PX3 «State of the World» contest with the series "Smor San"
2023 Nomination for a People’s Vote Award at the reFocus Awards for the «Smor San» series
2023 Honorable Mention at the Monovisions Black & White Photography Awards for the series "Railway Community" in the Photojournalism category.
2023 Special Mention at the Esperanza Pertusa International Photography Award for a photograph in the series "Smor San".
2023 Gold and silver winner at the Muse Photography Awards for the series "Meat" in the categories Black & White Photography - Photojournalism and Editorial Photography - Documentary
2022 Honorable Mention at the Annual Photography Awards (APA) in the category Documentary (professional) for the series "Meat"
2022 Nominated for the People’s Vote Award at the Black & White Photo Contest by reFocus Awards in the category Photojournalism (professional) with photographs from the series «Meat» and «Theravada Buddhist Monastery«
2022 Honorable Mention at the Monochrome Photography Awards in the Photojournalism category (professionel) with the series «Meat»
2022 Bronze at the Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA) in the category Editorial/Photo Essay (professional) with the series «Meat»
2022 Honorable Mention at the Budapest International Foto Awards (bifa) in the category Editorial / Press Photo Essay (professional) for the series «Meat»
2022 Honorable Mention at the International Photography Awards (IPA) in the category Editorial / Press Photo Essay / Feature Story (professional) for the series «Meat»
2022 Shortlisted at the PX3 «State of the World» photo contest with the series «Meat»
2022 Bronze at the PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris in the category press/feature story (professional) for the serie «Meat»
2022 Honorable Mention at the Monovisions Photography Awards in the Photojournalism category for the serie «Meat» and in the Street Photography category for the serie «Smor San»
2022 2nd place at the International Photography Competition, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, in Documentation / Photojournalism category
2022 Shortlisted at the Global Photo Awards (GPA) in the People category
2022 Shortlisted at the Helsinki Photo Festival
2022 Nomination at the Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA) in the photojournalism category (professional) for the series «Smor San»
2022 Selected to participate in the 4th Annual Chelsea International Photography Competition at the Agora Gallery, New York City (tba)
2022 Silver Winner at the Muse Photography Awards in the Black & White - Photojournalism and Editorial Photography - Documentary categories for the serie «Theravada Buddhist Monastery»
2022 Honorable Mention at the Annual Photography Awards (APA) in the Photojournalism category with the series «Theravada Buddhist Monastery»
2021 Silver Winner at the Tokyo International Foto Awards (Tifa) in the People - Culture category (professional) for the serie «Theravada Buddhist Monastery»
2021 Gold Winner at the New York Photography Awards in the Black & White - Religion (professionel) category with the serie «Theravada Buddhist Monastery» and Silver Winner in the Black & White - Fotojournalism (professionel) category with the series «Living on Water» and «Theravada Buddhist Monastery»
2021 Honorable Mention at the Budapest International Foto Awards (Bifa) in the People - Culture category (professional) for the serie «Theravada Buddhist Monastery»
2021 Honorable Mention at the ND Awards in in the Editorial – Documentary category (professionel) for the serie «Living on Water»
2021 Honorable Mention at the PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris in the Portraiture/Culture category for the serie «Theravada Buddhist Monastery»
2021 Gold Winner at the Muse Photography Awards in the Black & White - Photojournalism category for the serie «Living on Water»
2021 Honorable Mention at the Vienna International Photo Award in the Black & White category for the serie «Theravada Buddhist Monastery»
2021 Nominations at the Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA) in the Photojournalism category (professional) for the series «Fishermen in Kampot» and «Theravada Buddhist Monastery»
2021 Nominations at the PHOTO IS LIGHT World Photography Contest for the single photographs «Sleeping Girl» and «Theravada Buddhist Monastery»
2020 Honorable Mention at the Tokyo International Foto Awards in the Editorial-Photo Essay category (professional) for the serie «Living on Water»
2020 Honorable Mention at the Monochrome Awards in the Photojournalism category (professional) for the single photograph «Living on Water» (Woman with child in boat)
2020 Honorable Mention at the Chromatic Awards in the Photojournalism category (professional) for the photography «Sleeping Girl in Hammock»
2020 Honorable Mention at the Budapest International Foto Awards (Bifa) in the People – Culture category for the serie «Living on Water»
2020 Winner at the Photography Festival Luminous Frames in the Black & White category for «On the Tonle Sap and Mekong Rivers» and the Landscape category for «Living on Water»
2020 Honorable Mention at the Monovisions Photography Awards in the Photojournalism category for the serie «Theravada Buddhist Monastery, Kampot Cambodia» and the single photograph «Theravada Buddhist Monastery Cambodia»
2020 Nominations at the Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA) in the photojournalism category (professional) for the series «Cambodian Wedding» and «Champey Academy of Arts, Phnom Penh», in the Photojournalism – Street Photography category (professional) for the series «Chicken Market in Phnom Penh» and «Floating Villages» and the People – Portrait category (professional) for the serie «Viza on the Shooting Range, Cambodia»
Prizes, Awards – Film
2012 Project development for the film JÜRG HASSLER - NOS IMAGES by the Zurich Film Foundation
2012 Support contribution for the magazine TOX from the municipality of Küsnacht (ZH)
2002 Award Silver, Art Directors Club, Zurich for EBS poster (Jung von Matt)
1991 Script funding by the SBG Jubilee Foundation for the film project SOUVENIR
1990 Support from the EC (European Script Fund) for the film project SOUVENIR
1990 Script funding by SUISSIMAGE for the film SOUVENIR
1990 Treatment promotion by SUISSIMAGE for the film SOUVENIR
1990 Project funding by the Federal Department of Home Affairs for the film SOUVENIR
1986 Quality premium of the Federal Department of Home Affairs for FETISH & DREAMS
1985 Mention speciale for the creative originality in dealing with documentary and feature film elements by the international jury in Locarno for the film FETISH & DREAMS
1982 Gewinner der Drehbuch-Ausschreibung «Aktion Schweizer Film» der Firma Black-Box in Zürich
1982 Contribution to the screenplay for the feature film screenplay SMARA by the Education Department of the Canton of Zurich
1981 Study bonus of the Federal Department of Home Affairs for the feature film MOON IN TAURUS
1974 Screenplay Prize of the Society of Christian Film GCF for the screenplay TRIUMPH
Film Festivals
Passion Despair
Gdansk DocFilm Festival, 2011
Location Africa
Solothurner Filmtage, 1988
International Istanbul Film Festival, 1988
Internationales Filmfestival „Alpinale“ Bludenz, 1988
Fetish & Dreams
Internationales Filmfestival von Locarno (Wettbewerb), 1985
– 'Special mention' for directorial originality in dealing with documentary and feature film elements
Internationale Hofer Filmtage (Wettbewerb), 1985
Montreal Festival of New Cinema and New Media, 1985
Opening film of the Center Culturel Suisse in Paris, 1985
Solothurner Filmtage, 1986
International Istanbul Filmdays, 1988
Moon in Taurus
Internationale Filmwoche Mannheim (Wettbewerb), 1980
Solothurn Film Festival, 1980
Locarno International Film Festival, 1981
Cannes International Film Festival, 1981
South African Film Festival, 1982
Portrait
Festival Suisse de Cinema Super 8, 1974
International Super 8 Festival Paris, 1974
International Super 8 Festival New York, 1975
