2002 Photo Contest, People in the News, 1st prize
Photographer

Jan Grarup

Rapho for Stern

01 December, 2000

In the City-Inn area, Palestinian boys provoke Israeli soldiers by throwing stones. One of the teenagers, Mohammed, advances towards Israeli soldiers. A generation of Palestinian boys in Ramallah lead split lives, at home with their families, and risking their lives with their friends. The photographer stayed with the boys as they fought, played and rested near the frontline of the Middle East conflict.

About the photographer

Jan Grarup

Grarup’s work reflects his belief in photojournalism’s role as an instrument of witness and memory to incite change, and the necessity of telling the stories of people who are re...

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