Patrick Tombola (1981) is a photographer that concentrates on long-term personal projects and editorial work in the Middle East, Latin America and Europe.
Throughout his career he has been shortlisted at Lumix Festival, FOTO8 and Head On Festival amongst others and has exhibited his work in Italy, England, Australia and France. His reportages have been published in Die Zeit, Vanity Fair, Welt Am Sonntag, Brand Eins, The Economist, L'Espresso, The Telegraph, Deutsche Welle amongst many others.
His studies in political economy and law have strongly influenced his ethics, journalistic approach and passion for social justice. In photography he has found both a vehicle for mass communication and one of personal introspection.
Patrick’s work is syndicated by Germany’s leading photo agency LAIF.