2013 Photo Contest, Spot News, 2nd prize

Battle to Death

Photographer

Fabio Bucciarelli

Agence France-Presse

23 October, 2012

The Syrian commercial hub of Aleppo was the scene of some of the bloodiest clashes in the ongoing uprising against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Both government and opposition forces considered control of Aleppo to be strategically important to their aims.

About the photographer

Fabio Bucciarelli

Fabio Bucciarelli is an Italian photographer and writer known for his documentation of conflicts and the humanitarian consequences of war. Bucciarelli feels the urgency to tell s...

Background story

Aleppo, Syria

A man mourns the death of his son, killed by government forces fire.

 

The Syrian commercial hub of Aleppo was the scene of some of the bloodiest clashes in the ongoing uprising against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Both government and opposition forces considered control of Aleppo to be strategically important to their aims.

The FSA first seized parts of the city in July. In the months that followed, government forces battled to recapture it, with limited success. By the end of the year, the Syrian military had control over a western segment of the city, with the rebels entrenched in much of the east and south. Some of the fiercest fighting was in and around the Old City.

Technical information

Shutter Speed
1/160 sec
Focal length
35 mm
F-Stop
1.4
ISO
1600
Camera
Canon EOS 5D Mark II

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