THE RORY PECK AWARDS 2005
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ALEXANDER LOMAKIN
Beslan Siege
Winner: The Rory Peck Award for Hard News
“The urge for him to put down his camera and help must have been enormous. Nothing could have prepared anyone for what they were going to see.” Judge's Comment |
Arriving in Beslan the day after terrorists had occupied the local school, the crew were prepared for a long siege. When the storming began Alexander Lomakin, under fire, raced through the gardens and caught the first terrible pictures of half burned bodies inside the gym of Beslan's School Number 1.
Cameraman's Comment
“We were not prepared for the events of 3rd September, but in the chaos I managed to do a bit more and quicker than colleagues from other companies thanks to the support I received from my team on the ground.”
Biography
Alexander Lomakin has worked as a freelance cameraman since 1982. For Russian TV and Associated Press, he covered the regional conflicts that erupted after the collapse of the Soviet Union. As a freelance for APTN and ABC News, he covered the destruction of Yugoslavia, the war in Afghanistan and spent the winter of 1994 in Chechnya covering the siege of Grozny for APTN. Over the past 10 years, Lomakin has shot around 500 news stories and 4 documentaries.
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