General News, 3rd prize
Jon Jones
Sygma for Time
Sygma for Time
01 May, 1993
Soldiers seek shelter from bullets. The tense peace in Mostar was broken when the town became the scene of a bitter battle between Croats and Muslims. Guns in hand, Croat soldiers practiced ethnic cleansing from one house to the net, taking some 1,500 Muslim prisoners. Croatia's attacks on the historic city caused irreparable damage, and the population paid a high price in human suffering.
Jon Jones
Most recently he was the director of photography for the Sunday Times Magazine, where the magazine’s work received numerous awards for its photography. He was the curator of the...
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