Today I found out that a Picture of my photo essay ‚The dying River‘ is awarded at World Press Photo 2023 in the Category North and Central America. 

The Jury comment: ‚This portrait of beekeepers is visually clean and sparks interest and curiosity to understand the issue at hand. The image is subtle and understated, and the jury was impressed by the composition of bees across all thirds. While the topic resonates at a global level, the image itself encourages us to sit with these particular people and consider how they might be impacted by the ongoing environmental crisis.‘ I am so excited for being awarded alongside so many great photographers and super thankful to all the protagonists that shared their stories with me. @worldpressphoto @panospictures @visualjournalism #wpph2023 @stern @nzz_de @leica_fotografie_international

New Story by @jonaskako Once it was gold and diamonds that captured people's imagination. Today it is rare earths and critical metals that the world urgently needs, not only for the green transition, but also for the space and defence industries. On Greenland 25 of the 34 minerals classified by the European Commission as critical raw materials can be found. At present there are just two functioning mines in the country, but the actions of Donald Trump have suddenly cast the island and its resources into the international limelight. 1. Under UV light sodalite stones glow with a vivid luminescence. 2. Nukappiaaluk Dorph (20) and his colleague Eddie at the drilling rig of the Tanbreez Project. For many young Greenlanders, resource exploration opens up new job opportunities. 3. Low mist on a hillside above a lake at the Kangerluarsuk fjord area, where test drilling is taking place. The American/Australian mining venture is exploring deposits of rare earth elements and other strategic minerals. 4. A sample in storage at Greenland Minerals. 5. Workers from the Neqi slaughterhouse unload sheep from a transport vessel bringing animals from nearby farms. Agriculture and local slaughtering are central to food security in the region. 6. Blood flows into the sea following a seal hunt in a fjord near the Amitsoq mine. For many locals, such practices are not only a source of sustenance but also a strong cultural heritage. 7. The United States diplomatic mission which was reopened in 2020, a sign of growing American interest in the Arctic. 8. Geologist OIe Christiansen examines minerals. 9. Simon Broberg Pedersen pushes a wheelbarrow filled with graphite samples from the Amitsoq mine. 10. Children jumping on a trampoline. Greenland 2025. © Jonas Kako/Panos Pictures #JonasKako #panospictures #photography #documentaryphotography #photojournalism #greenland #mining

A river is more than water. It is memory, culture, and the thread that binds people to place. 💧🌎 The Colorado once carried life to the sea 🌊, feeding forests, marshes, and the Cucupá, the ‘People of the River’. Today, its flow is fractured into canals and reservoirs, its mouth sealed before reaching the Gulf. For the Cucupá, this absence is a wound. Fishing, once culture and ceremony, now survives in agricultural runoff. “Without the river, our culture dies too” says Leticia Galavis Sainz. 💔🎣Yet the Colorado still sustains 44 million people, even as climate change, thinning snowpacks, and rising demand stretch it to breaking point. 💧 ‘’The dying River’’ 📍 Colorado River - North America 📸 Jonas Kakó, a photojournalist and documentary photographer, member of @panospictures 🌍This photostory is part of a yearly international photostory contest ‘Walk of Water’ (WoW) hosted by Onewater and partners, inspired by the UN World Water Development Report of the respective year. Stay tuned for more water stories! 💧 #Onewater #TheWalkOfWater #WoW2025 #UNWater #ColoradoRiver #WaterStories #PhotographyExhibition #ClimateChange #WaterScarcity #CulturalHeritage #Resilience

꧁The Dying River꧂ Jonas Kakó -> @jonaskako ✶ Ausstellung / Installation (Sound, Projektion, Print) ✶ Eröffnung: Mittwoch, 16.1o.2o24, 17:oo - 2o:oo Ausstellung geöffnet: Do 17.1o.: 17 – 2o:oo So 2o.1o.: 15 – 18:oo Jonas Kakó (Hannover) ist freiberuflicher Fotojournalist. Seit mehreren Jahren beschäftigt er sich in seiner fotografischen Arbeit mit den Auswirkungen der Klimakrise. Er stellt individuelle Schicksale von Menschen in den Mittelpunkt, die unter den Folgen der globalen Klimakrise leiden und in ihrer Existenz bedroht sind. Er wird seine Arbeit „The Dying River“ vorstellen, in der er unter anderem die indigene Gemeinde „Cocopah“ in Mexiko begleitet hat, die in ihrer Lebensweise von der Austrocknung des Colorado Rivers massiv bedroht sind. Seine Arbeiten erschienen unter anderem im Stern, in Mare und der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung. Es erwartet euch eine Rauminstallation, die inhaltliche Schwerpunkte der Fotoarbeit aufgreift und diese vermittelt. Der Künstler ist vor Ort, um persönlich von seiner Reise berichten zu können und seine Erfahrungen und Wissen mit uns zu teilen. ♥ Die Ausstellung wird gefördert aus Mitteln der Projektförderung der Region Hannover und des Bezirksrats Südstadt-Bult und findet in Kooperation mit der Stiftung Leben & Umwelt statt. Die TANKE wird gefördert aus Mitteln der Atelier- und Projektraumförderung des Kulturbüros Hannover. #tankehannover #tankehomerepair #coloradoriver #jonaskakó

Ylli Baho lives in Zharrez, a village close to Bankers and Alpetrol oil wells. He frequently butchers sheep, goats and calves for family and friends. Produce from Zharrez is considered to be contaminated by the oil, so local farmers struggle to sell their products.

Oil workers maintaining an oil well near the city of Ballsh. Oil from the well is treated in nearby facilities by Albanian energy company Anio Oil. Xylene and benzene are used to separate the oil from sand and water. The wastewater is discharged into a creek behind the facility from where it flows into the Vjosa River. @panospictures @geomagazin

Last year I photographed a story about oil production and pollution in Albania. This month it was published in Geo. Thank you @chantalalexandrapilsl and @carlarosorius for the beautiful edit. @panospictures

@dasigner2019 and my story about Tangier Island in this weeks @stern thank you @trampe.photojournalism @panospictures

@dasigner2019 and I went to a small town called Helvetia, in the Appalachian mountains in West Virginia, wich apparently is mir Swiss then the original. Published in @nzz thank you @gillessteinmann for the assignment

@dasigner2019 and I went to a small town called Helvetia, in the Appalachian mountains in West Virginia, wich apparently is mir Swiss then the original. Published in @nzz thank you @gillessteinmann for the assignment

@dasigner2019 and I went to a small town called Helvetia, in the Appalachian mountains in West Virginia, wich apparently is mir Swiss then the original. Published in @nzz thank you @gillessteinmann for the assignment Photo: Charlotte Chandler in her house, not far from Helvetia. She leaves the Christmas tree decorated with Swiss flags in her kitchen all year round.

Tangier Island in Virginia, USA, is sinking. For environmentalists, it serves as a warning example. However, the residents themselves - predominantly Trump supporters - do not believe in rising sea levels and climate change. @nzz