Honorable Mention TOKYO-2019 Editorial / General News

Calling For Help

  • Photographer
    Virginie Nguyen Hoang
  • Agency / Studio
    Hans Lucas / Collectif Huma
  • Photo Date
    14th may 2018

GAZA CITY, GAZA : A demonstrator is shouting on the medic as one of his friends got badly injured on his leg on May 14, 2018 in Gaza City, Gaza. On that date, Israeli soldiers killed at least 60 Palestinians and wounded over a thousand as the demonstrations coincided with the controversial opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem. Since the 30th of March, Palestinian of Gaza have decided to start the "Great March of Return" movement that consists on a sit-in and demonstrations at the borders with Israel in order to call for their right of return.

Born in Belgium in 1987, Virginie Nguyen Hoang studied journalism. In 2012, she joined the Studio Hanslucas and became the co-founder of the Collectif HUMA. From January 2012 to August 2014, she settled in Egypt as a freelancer but also as a staff photojournalist for local newspapers. Since the beginning of her career, Virginie carried out several stories in Belgium,Syria, Egypt, Irak,Turkey, Libya, Ukraine, Vietnam, the Philippines,Gaza, Afghanistan, Israƫl, India, Central African Republic and recently in Malaysia (Borneo).