Photographers' favourites: What moved us in 2022

“Lena (27) lives with her three children in Korogocho, the third largest slum in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.

Korogocho means "mess, chaos, waste" and this name is no coincidence.

The lifeline of the slum is the adjacent garbage dump, where thousands of residents search for recyclable materials and leftovers every day.

Lena goes there every day with her friend Rosalyn.

In September of this year my colleague Theresa Weiß and I accompanied her for a day.

In the picture, Lena is holding extensions that she discovered in the rubbish and is now considering whether she can use them or not.”

Fara Phoebe Zetzsche

picture editor.

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“During forays through the city of Frankfurt, which I don’t know much about, I made a detour to the zoo – actually to photograph people looking at animals.

That 's when I encountered this situation.”

“I chose the shot because it shows a moment of joy and is dedicated to beauty and lightness.

This is not necessarily what a photographer expects when traveling to Ukraine.

The girl who uses the head of the decapitated Russian-Ukrainian brother statue in Kiev as a gymnastics device shows the child's ability to win something playful out of almost every difficult situation in life.”

"For Frankfurt, winning the Europa League final for Eintracht was one of the biggest events of the year.

Frankfurt followed the transmission from Seville in the packed Waldstadion.

Photographers captured every imaginable emotion right up to the end of the penalty shoot-out.

Aside from the boundless joy at the final whistle, the image of a spellbound fan in the first row stuck in my mind.”

“In the photo we are in Berlin, in a tent of the Feminista protest camp.

In solidarity with the revolution in Iran, activists have been demonstrating in front of the Green Party headquarters for more than two months.

After the protests in the Kurdish areas of Iran were brutally put down and more and more terrible news got through, Shirin, herself a Kurd and LGBTIQ+ activist, decided to cook and sell food to donate money for much-needed medicines to Kurdistan.

I had met a very worried Shirin the day before because her sister is also in Kurdistan.

When she arrived at the camp the next evening with the dolma, a traditional dish (stuffed vegetables), the tent not only filled with the smell of good food, but also with a genuine, human warmth.

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I really admire the fact that you continue despite everything, that you convert your own grief into energy and ideas.

Iranians in the diaspora have drawn together in the days of resistance in their homeland.

They share the pain, but also the hope for a different future.

Shirin's warmth also brought back memories of my own trips to Kurdistan and of a good friend there, who I hope is well."