Lorenz Huber is a freelance videographer based in Istanbul and Zurich. Over the last ten years, he has developed himself from a corporate shooter in Switzerland to an international news and documentary cameraman and editor working with a range of different networks and newspapers like CNN International, the New York Times or Eurosport.
While constantly working as a freelancer he also did a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Communications at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences. After finishing his studies in 2017 he spent half a year in Tajikistan to shoot reports for the Swiss Caritas and then relocated to China where he stayed from 2018 to 2021. In his three years in East Asia, he intensively covered topics like the suppression of the Uyghur people in Xinjiang, the massive protests in Hong Kong, and of course the coronavirus. During this time Lorenz started to diversify from news coverage into documentaries, working together with the BBC's Panorama or with Arte on various projects.
In late 2021 Lorenz Huber returned to Europe and then after a quick stop in Buenos Aires set his focus on the Middle East. In the spring of 2022, he relocated to Istanbul where he started to work closely together with the CNN International Bureau, shooting news, features, and business for the network. This included the intense monthlong coverage of the devastating Turkey-Syria earthquake, which struck in early 2023 and was the most deadly quake to hit the region in modern history. Together with the CNN team, Lorenz was also among the first foreign reporters to get access to the opposition-held region of Northwest Syria, where they reported on the impact of the disaster on the already war-torn Idlib province and its people.
After Hamas attacked Israel on October 7th of that same year and Israel started its devastating military campaign Lorenz joined the CNN operation that covered the war. The four months-long assignment included embedded trips into the Gaza Strip where he was reporting alongside correspondent Jeremy Diamond.
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