Lorenz Huber is a videographer based in Madrid and Zurich. He has a vast portfolio, working as an international documentary, sports, and news cameraman and editor for major networks and production companies, including CNN International, the BBC, IMG, Whisper, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Lorenz was immediately deployed as part of a CNN team after Hamas attacked Israel in October 2023, prompting Israel's devastating Military campaign. The assignment, which later won an Emmy for Outstanding Breaking News Coverage, lasted four months and included embeds inside the Gaza Strip, where he reported alongside Middle East correspondent Jeremy Diamond. He also covered the devastating 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake - the deadliest to hit the region in modern history - alongside CNN correspondent Jomana Karadsheh. He was among the first foreign journalists to gain access to the then opposition-held region of northwest Syria. There, the team reported the impact of the disaster on the already war-torn Idlib province and its people. In 2024, Lorenz diversified into sports, working on several magazine shows and documentaries for companies such as Whisper, IMG, UEFA and FIFA. This included months-long coverage of the 2024 Euros and the 2026 World Cup. Before relocating to Europe, Lorenz spent three years in East Asia, based in Shanghai, where he extensively covered major stories including the suppression of the Uyghur people in Xinjiang, the mass protests in Hong Kong, and the coronavirus pandemic. During this time, Lorenz contributed to several documentaries, collaborating with BBC Panorama, Arte, and The Telegraph on a wide range of topics, from artificial intelligence to human rights. He also ventured into photography, shooting for The New York Times. Before moving to China, he spent half a year in Tajikistan in 2017 to shoot reports for Swiss Caritas. He accompanied the NGO on their various poverty alleviation and reforestation projects in the remotest corners of the country.
Turkish President Erdoğan won the run-off election in 2023, the biggest challenge to his rule of over two decades. In doing that he secured himself an unprecedented third term in office. When the results were clear we were at his party's headquarters in Istanbul where wild scenes of celebration erupted.
On assignment with the brilliant Nada Bashir
All over the earthquake zone along the fault line fissures like this opened up in the ground. Slicing through fields, rivers, and streets. This one here cut a 300 m-long and 50 m-deep canyon into an olive grove close to the village of Tepehan.
On assignment with the amazing Jomana Karadsheh
On February 24, amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the Chinese authorities decided to ban the sale and consumption of certain wild animals, such as the pangolin. At the time, a wildlife market in Wuhan was suspected of being behind the spread of the coronavirus. For the many Chinese farmers who had moved into breeding and selling wild animals such as the bamboo rat (pictured), this announcement came as disastrous news.
Keyi Productions
Story and editing by Antoine Védeilhé
Camera: Lorenz Huber
A portrait of first aiders working in the field during Hong Kong's massive protest in the summer of 2019.
Piece for SRF Tagesschau by east Asia correspondent Claudia Stahel
Camera and editing: Lorenz Huber
The Danjiangkou reservoir in Hubei is part of China's South-North Water Transfer Project. From here masses of water are being transported to the dry northern regions of the country, including to Beijing. Unlike the northerners, the habitants of Danjiangkou get a lot of rainfall throughout the year. During the hot summer days, they enjoy taking a cooling swim in the future drinking water of their capital.
Story by Claudia Stahel
Camera and Editing: Lorenz Huber
Tour de France comes to China. The leadership of the legendary bicycle race wants a piece of the vast Chinese market and is trying to boost its popularity there. For that, it brought the sport's biggest stars to Shanghai.
Story by Angélique Forget
Camera and editing: Lorenz Huber
In many European cities you can find them at every corner - Electric scooters ready to rent. These free-floating scooters have many names and a range of different companies behind them but one thing they all have in common: They were most certainly built in China’s Zhejiang province. It is home to the vast majority of factories that produce these vehicles.
Story by Claudia Stahel
Camera and editing: Lorenz Huber
In this factory in Guangzhong in the hot and humid South of China, scientists breed and release millions of mosquitos every week. The mail mosquitos are infected with a bacteria which sterilizes the eggs of the female mosquito when the insects mate. With this technology, the scientists manage to significantly bring down the mosquitos' density in the targeted areas and herby to reduce the transmission of diseases.
Story by Claudia Stahel
Camera and editing: Lorenz Huber
Shenzhen - China's technological hub and the place where its AI ambitions are the most visible. It is called the Silicon Valley of China for a reason. Young developers from all over Asia flock to the Metropol in China's pearl delta to join the tech-revolution.
Story by Pascal Nufer
Camera and editing: Lorenz Huber