COTM | BTG SHORTLIST 2025
EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHER AWARD

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Robin Tutenges

Chinland

https://robintutenges.com/

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Robin Tutenges is a French photographer, member of Collectif Hors Format. He works primarily in Asia and Eastern Europe, focusing on human and women’s rights violations, with particular attention to cross-border and ethnic issues. Since 2022, he has been documenting the armed resistance against the junta in Myanmar. His work has been recognized by several international awards, such as the Grand Prix at the Sarajevo Photography Festival (2025), the Distinguished Reporting Award at the European Press Prize (2024), and grants from the Pulitzer Center (2025) and the Centre National des Arts Plastiques (2022). His work has been published in media outlets including Le Monde, The Guardian and Libération.

Chinland

Since 2022, I have been documenting the armed resistance against Myanmar’s military junta. The 2021 coup plunged the country into chaos and civil war. In response to the regime’s escalating war crimes and crimes against humanity, thousands of young Burmese have taken up arms across the country.

In the remote western mountains, I have focused my work on the Chin ethnic minority, whose youth have become a symbol of this resistance. I have followed this generation of fighters who now control a large territory—Chinland—divided among various armed groups. A region torn between conflict, humanitarian collapse, and the dream of unity.