Ground Zero of Fast Fashion

Magnus Wennman

Magnus Wennman (born 1979) is a visual storyteller that has worked in over 80 countries, covering everything from US presidential elections to conflicts, wars, and refugee crises in Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. Since 2001, he has been employed as a photographer at one of the largest newspapers in the Nordic countries, Swedish Aftonbladet. He has been named Photographer of the Year five times, Video Journalist of the Year twice, and has received over 100 awards, including seven World Press Photo prizes across different categories. In 2017, he was named Journalist of the Year by the Red Cross. Magnus has established himself as a filmmaker alongside his work as a photographer. His short film Fatima’s Drawings, in which a now-safe refugee child reflects on her escape through her drawings, received several prestigious awards, including Best Digital Storytelling at Visa d’Or in Perpignan in 2016. He has held numerous exhibitions, the most notable being Where the Children Sleep, which has been shown in 17 countries. In 2023, Magnus Wennman and journalist Staffan Lindberg were awarded the Swedish Grand Prize for Journalism for their investigation into the dumping of used fast fashion in developing countries.