Selected photography

Portfolio

Selected documentary photographs by Laurin Strele from long-term projects and assignments across the world

A man enjoys an ice cream on his balcony in Naples, Italy, 2026.
A man enjoys an ice cream on his balcony in Naples, Italy, 2026.
Boys play football in the ruins of a schoolyard in Homs, Syria, 2025.
Boys play football in the ruins of a schoolyard in Homs, Syria, 2025.Read the full story
A woman poses with a cigar and fan in Havana, Cuba, 2025.
A woman poses with a cigar and fan in Havana, Cuba, 2025.
Workers lay out hand-dyed fabric to dry on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2023.
Workers lay out hand-dyed fabric to dry on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2023.
A medic removes a bullet from a wounded man in an evacuation hospital near the Donbas frontline, Ukraine, 2024.
A medic removes a bullet from a wounded man in an evacuation hospital near the Donbas frontline, Ukraine, 2024.
A girl wrapped in a U.S. flag stands outside her home in a village near Bamyan, Afghanistan, 2024.
A girl wrapped in a U.S. flag stands outside her home in a village near Bamyan, Afghanistan, 2024.
A devotee is immersed in prayer in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2023.
A devotee is immersed in prayer in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2023.
Shaolin monks perform the Flying Wall in Henan, China, 2025.
Shaolin monks perform the Flying Wall in Henan, China, 2025.
Boys play football in the ruins of a schoolyard in Homs, Syria, 2025.
Boys play football in the ruins of a schoolyard in Homs, Syria, 2025.Read the full story
Two Taliban members appear among lifelike Mujahideen figures inside a jihad museum in Herat, Afghanistan, January 2024.
Two Taliban members appear among lifelike Mujahideen figures inside a jihad museum in Herat, Afghanistan, January 2024.
Two friends play backgammon while a parrot perches on one man’s shoulder in Amman, Jordan, October 2024.
Two friends play backgammon while a parrot perches on one man’s shoulder in Amman, Jordan, October 2024.
A photographer works beside a seated boy in Kabul, Afghanistan.
A photographer works beside a seated boy in Kabul, Afghanistan.
A woman strikes a dramatic pose as a monkey looks on in Varanasi, India, 2025.
A woman strikes a dramatic pose as a monkey looks on in Varanasi, India, 2025.
A Sufi musician plays a flute during a Dervish gathering in Istanbul, Türkiye, 2025.
A Sufi musician plays a flute during a Dervish gathering in Istanbul, Türkiye, 2025.
A woman leans against a blue classic car as a cyclist passes in Cuba, 2025.
A woman leans against a blue classic car as a cyclist passes in Cuba, 2025.
Men kneel beside a drum during Hassan Nasrallah’s funeral in Beirut, Lebanon, 2025.
Men kneel beside a drum during Hassan Nasrallah’s funeral in Beirut, Lebanon, 2025.
A young Afghan in a black headscarf looks into the camera in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2024.
A young Afghan in a black headscarf looks into the camera in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2024.
A Ukrainian soldier rests with his rifle in a Donbas trench, Ukraine, 2024.
A Ukrainian soldier rests with his rifle in a Donbas trench, Ukraine, 2024.Read the full story
Benna children balance on wooden stilts in the Omo Valley, Ethiopia, 2023.
Benna children balance on wooden stilts in the Omo Valley, Ethiopia, 2023.
Two men and a dog cross a historic stepwell in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, 2024.
Two men and a dog cross a historic stepwell in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, 2024.
A buzkashi rider rears his horse before a crowd in Afghanistan, 2023.
A buzkashi rider rears his horse before a crowd in Afghanistan, 2023.
A boy with differently colored eyes stands in a village near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2023.
A boy with differently colored eyes stands in a village near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2023.
Masked men in camouflage peer through drapes during Hassan Nasrallah’s funeral in Beirut, Lebanon, 2025.
Masked men in camouflage peer through drapes during Hassan Nasrallah’s funeral in Beirut, Lebanon, 2025.Read the full story
A couple sits at home in western Mongolia, 2023.
A couple sits at home in western Mongolia, 2023.
A young eagle hunter rides a rearing horse near Ölgii, western Mongolia, 2023.
A young eagle hunter rides a rearing horse near Ölgii, western Mongolia, 2023.
A Shaolin monk balances upside down on his fingertips at Shaolin Monastery, Henan, China, 2025.
A Shaolin monk balances upside down on his fingertips at Shaolin Monastery, Henan, China, 2025.
Portrait of a mustached man in a black-and-white keffiyeh in Iraq, 2025.
Portrait of a mustached man in a black-and-white keffiyeh in Iraq, 2025.
A mourner bows beside a flower-lined open coffin during a funeral.
A mourner bows beside a flower-lined open coffin during a funeral.
An armed man and a boy stand before the Blue Mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan.
An armed man and a boy stand before the Blue Mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan.
A sleeping infant rests against a man holding a tiny book in Afghanistan, 2023–2026.
A sleeping infant rests against a man holding a tiny book in Afghanistan, 2023–2026.
Students sit at their desks at the Blind School in Amritsar, India, 2025.
Students sit at their desks at the Blind School in Amritsar, India, 2025.
A child stands inside a soap factory in Bangladesh.
A child stands inside a soap factory in Bangladesh.
Uniformed musicians crouch before the crowd at Hassan Nasrallah’s funeral in Beirut, Lebanon, 2025.
Uniformed musicians crouch before the crowd at Hassan Nasrallah’s funeral in Beirut, Lebanon, 2025.
Abu Zakkour, known as the Yellow Man, leans against a red car in Aleppo, Syria, 2025.
Abu Zakkour, known as the Yellow Man, leans against a red car in Aleppo, Syria, 2025.
A man pauses beside a small meal amid the rubble of destroyed apartments in Lebanon, 2024.
A man pauses beside a small meal amid the rubble of destroyed apartments in Lebanon, 2024.Read the full story
A rider steadies a rearing horse during a buzkashi match in Afghanistan, 2023.
A rider steadies a rearing horse during a buzkashi match in Afghanistan, 2023.
A lone visitor stands before the Al-Shaheed Monument in Baghdad, Iraq.
A lone visitor stands before the Al-Shaheed Monument in Baghdad, Iraq.
A man injects a syringe into his leg in Frankfurt’s Bahnhofsviertel, Germany, 2026.
A man injects a syringe into his leg in Frankfurt’s Bahnhofsviertel, Germany, 2026.Read the full story
Ukrainian soldiers move through a trench in the Donbas, Ukraine, 2024.
Ukrainian soldiers move through a trench in the Donbas, Ukraine, 2024.Read the full story
A cigar-smoking woman studies her painted nails in a mirror in Havana, Cuba, 2025.
A cigar-smoking woman studies her painted nails in a mirror in Havana, Cuba, 2025.
A man reclines among hanging Afghan war rugs in Afghanistan.
A man reclines among hanging Afghan war rugs in Afghanistan.
Young acrobats train at a circus school in Havana, Cuba, 2025.
Young acrobats train at a circus school in Havana, Cuba, 2025.
A woman reads beside a fountain in Retiro Park, Madrid, Spain.
A woman reads beside a fountain in Retiro Park, Madrid, Spain.
A caregiver rests a hand on a young resident’s forehead at a Missionaries of Charity facility in Kolkata, India, 2025.
A caregiver rests a hand on a young resident’s forehead at a Missionaries of Charity facility in Kolkata, India, 2025.
A person surveys the wreckage of a destroyed building in Ukraine, 2024.
A person surveys the wreckage of a destroyed building in Ukraine, 2024.Read the full story
A snake charmer holds a snake coiled around his hands in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
A snake charmer holds a snake coiled around his hands in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Portrait of a woman with grey hair and a yellow patterned garment in front of a blue door.
Portrait of a woman with grey hair and a yellow patterned garment in front of a blue door.
Portrait of a bearded man wearing a red turban and red cloth in front of a red shutter.
Portrait of a bearded man wearing a red turban and red cloth in front of a red shutter.