Martin & Johan
Reporter Martin Schibbye and photographer Johan Persson are two well reputed freelance journalists from Sweden. They are based in Stockholm, but the world is their workplace. Johan has mainly reported from sub-Saharan Africa and the United States, while Martin has focused on Asia. Altogether they have worked in over 20 countries.
Among Schibbye’s and Persson’s employers you find leading newspapers and magazines in Scandinavia, such as Svenska Dagbladet, Aftenposten, Fokus and Dagbladet, as well as publications in countries such as: Austria, Belgium, France and the UK. Schibbye has also worked for Swedish public service radio. The two are members of the Swedish Union of Journalists and Swedish Photographers Association, respectively.
Schibbye’s and Persson’s journalistic work is characterized by a human rights perspective. They strive to describe social and environmental issues from the context of those being affected – be it illegal fishing in Cameroon, human trafficking in India or land grabbing in Kenya. They often focus on stories a little outside of mainstream media attention. Some of their stories are based on several months of investigation.
In 2011 Persson won third prize in the prestigious Swedish contest ”Picture of the year” with a photo taken during a reporting trip to California. The same year he was also nominated to the Red Cross journalist prize for a story from South Sudan.
