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Award winning documentary photographer and writer Samuel Eder is devoted to capturing ordinary people caught up in extraordinary situations. Inspired by communities tempered in hardship, and hostility, Samuel's work explores a dark, more passionate, and sincere side of human nature.

For series The Face Of Donbas (2019/2020) he spent several months photographing life on the frontlines of Ukraine's war. Visiting both sides of the conflict, he was embedded with troops and worked closely with local aid groups – photographing the perpetrators, victims, and bystanders of this grim conflict.

Samuel has continued to work in the Ukraine conflict zone, and other post-soviet spaces, writing for The Guardian, ABC News, The Wire, and Radio Free Europe. Today the Austrian / Australian is working as a emt in Vienna.

Publications

The Guardian, Australian Broadcasting Network (ABC), MSN, Radio Free Europe, Kurier, National Geographic NL, LensCulture, The Wire, The Independent Foundation For Journalism, The Sydney Morning Herald, Ukei Daily, PK Defence, Lomography Magazine

Awards

LensCulture Portrait Awards 2020, Head On Portrait 2020, Glasgow Gallery Of Photography Monochrome 2020. Fairfax Sydney Morning Herald Photo 1440, Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig Irgendwo, Vsionale Leipzig Nomination, Sydney Morning Herald Clique finalist and winner, Transdev Australasia Art On The Move.

Clients

Lomography, University Of Wollongong , Ten Alphas, Engine Room Productions, Off Road Films, Alex Kess Photography, Southside Fire and Zendesk.