Kacper Kowalski wins two first prizes at Grand Press Photo

Panos photographer Kacper Kowalski has won two first prizes at Poland’s national Press Photo Awards, Grand Press Photo.

A single from his work on urban China won the First Prize in the Environment Singles category.

China, Jiangsu province, Jiangyin, at the Yangtze River, a city 130km stright from Shanghai. Houses next to factories and industrial zones.

and his work on industrial pollution in Poland won the First Prize in the Environment Series category.

Waste water from the power plant Vattenfall Heat Poland Zeran

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