Warren Richardson is a freelance photojournalist currently working in Eastern Europe. Born in Australia in 1968, he is a self-taught photographer who undertakes long-term projects dealing with human and environmental issues, as well as assignments for newspapers, magazines and companies. He has lived in Asia, the USA and Europe, and during a period in the UK and US he worked in celebrity photography.
While working on the Serbian-Hungarian border in 2015, he was one of a group of journalists covering the refugee crisis who was beaten by police.
In February 2016, Warren was announced as the winner of the coveted "World Press Photo of the Year" for his haunting black and white picture of migrants trying to cross the border into Hungary.
His next project will see him walk to the Arctic Circle, to continue his refugee stories, then explore the effects of human-induced climate change on the world. He lives by the proverb that says: "We have not inherited the land from our fathers, we have borrowed it from our children."
"As a photographer I seek the understanding of our existence through humanistic behavior and the challenges we face through modern life. Beside daily work I love working on long term feature stories."
Now open in Amsterdam! An inspiring, disturbing, beautiful and eye-opening look at the world around us. From the refugee crisis across Europe to the earthquake in Nepal, and so many stories in between, this was another important year for news stories.
