Arresting images documenting the resistance against Germany’s open-pit coal
The results of this year’s World Press Photo Contest have been announced.
The competition received over 60,000 entries from 130 countries. In total, there were 33 awarded photographers, one of which was Daniel Chatard for his long-term project No Man’s Land, a documentation of the resistance against open-pit coal mines in Germany.
No Man’s Land – World Press Photo Contest 2024
Photography and words: Daniel Chatard
“Germany positions itself as a leader in the transition towards renewable energy by 2030, yet remains heavily dependent on coal for energy production,” says Chatard. “In the Rhineland, forests have been cleared and villages demolished since the 1970s to make way for the Hambach and Garzweiler open-pit coal mines. In 2012, activists began occupying parts of Hambach Forest and later the village of Lützerath to resist these measures, managing by 2023 to save a remainder of the forest and five of six such villages scheduled for destruction.”
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