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Marek Wojtasik: Coalminer, Poland

Marek Wojtasik has worked fifteen years in the mine. He works with explosives at 850 meters depth. His wish for his son is that he will choose a different profession. According to International Energy Agency combustion of coal in Poland accounts for 81 percent of the electricity and 86 percent of the heat generation. The goal of the Polish government is to reduce the proportion of coal in the energy mix to 50 percent in 2050. November 15, 2018, Borynia mine , Jastrzebie-Zdroj, Poland

Lotta Härdelin (b. 1972) has worked as a photojournalist since the age of 17, when she started her career as a photographer on a local newspaper, ”Nerikes Allehanda” in Örebro, Sweden.

She became a staff photographer at Dagens Nyheter, Sweden’s largest morning paper, in 1993. For the last 20 years she has worked in many different positions at Bonnier Mediahouse: Picture Editor, Head of Graphics Department, Chief Photo Editor, News Editor, and Head of the Visual Department and a member of the Editorial leadership.

From 2013 she has been part of Dagens Nyheters visual department and mainly works as a visual story teller in both still pictures and video. Her focus on climate change, freedom of speech, non-discrimination and human rights has taken her on assignments to all parts of the World.