Architecture & Design Shortlist

The United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) – including the Palais des Nations, the organisation's principle European offices, dating from the 1930s – is under renovation. It’s part of a controversial $800 million project, with cost overruns, and brings into question whether the organisation itself is fit for purpose. This is a personal project, with a personal interest. As a member of the Press accredited to the United Nations in Geneva, I am directly affected by this work, and have had to move from the office that I rented within the Palais.

British-born documentary photographer, based at the United Nations in Geneva, represented by Panos Pictures in London, and JiJi Press Photos in Tokyo. Twice named Swiss Press Photographer of the Year, for Bank on Us, on the collapse of banking secrecy, and 'Waiting on a deal" the process of the Diplomatic negotiations leading to the Iran nuclear deal, (which was shortlisted for a World Photo Organization award in 2014).