Vilhelm Stokstad
Kontinent
Stockholm, Sverige
Vilhelm is a freelance photojournalist based in Stockholm, Sweden. After one year of photojournalism studies at a folk high school in the north of Sweden, Vilhelm started freelancing for various local newspapers and magazines in and around Stockholm. Wanting to develop a more documentary way of working Vilhelm started studying photojournalism at Nordens Fotoskola in 2011. In 2012 he was awarded as one of ten finalists in the Luceo Student Project Award for his work on Tibet and tibetan refugees. In 2013 he was shortlisted in the Sony World Photography Awards in the professional sports category. Vilhelm is the chairman of the Swedish Press Photographers Association, Stockholm Division.
2014 - Malmöstipendiet, 2013 - Sony World Photography Awards, 2012 - Instant Coffees Student Edition Screening, 2012 - Lucio Student Project Award Finalist
- Audio capture
- Breaking news
- Conflict
- Crisis
- Editorial
- Entertainment
- Environment
- Events
- Food
- Interview
- Landscape
- Medical
- Military embed
- Portrait
- RISC training
- Video capture
- Video editing
Kachin Independence Army 2016
Vilhelm Stokstad
The Army intensified its attacks in Myanmars Kachin state during peace talks between the government, led by Aung San Suu Kiy, and ethinc rebell groups.
