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© Sameer Al-Doumy
Escaping Conflict To Another.Syria
A young Syrian man carries a wounded child following an airstrike on the town of Douma on February 25, 2017. Two years later the photographer went to Paris in search of a peaceful life only to find himself in the midst of the Yellow Vests protests.
A young Syrian man carries a wounded child following an airstrike on the town of Douma on February 25, 2017. Two years later the photographer went to Paris in search of a peaceful life only to find himself in the midst of the Yellow Vests protests.
Sameer Al-Doumy
Sameer Al-Doumy
France
Sameer Al-Doumy is a freelance photographer who covers the war that has been raging in his native Syria for the last 7 years. He started his media work as an activist in 2011 and has worked on documenting the events that happened in his city for local publications.
Escaping Conflict to Another. Syria
Escaping Conflict To Another.Syria
1st place, Special prize "For humanitarian photography" by International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
© Basilio Sepe
Baywatch
Onlookers watch as workers look for recyclable materials from houses that were destroyed by strong winds and waves in Navotas, Manila, the Philippines. Tropical storm Karding, international name Yagi, displaced thousands of people and left many parts of the city flooded.
Onlookers watch as workers look for recyclable materials from houses that were destroyed by strong winds and waves in Navotas, Manila, the Philippines. Tropical storm Karding, international name Yagi, displaced thousands of people and left many parts of the city flooded.
Basilio Sepe
Basilio Sepe
Philippines
Basilio Sepe is an independent photographer based in Manila, the Philippines. He has done multimedia work for various international and local outfits.
Baywatch
Baywatch
2nd place
© Marcus Wiechmann
Sea Watch
A rescue team of the NGO Sea Watch transfers a woman from a wooden boat onto their RHIB. During the night the organization received a call from the MRCC in Rome, Italy, with coordinates of a vessel in distress. Early in the morning the team spotted a sinking wooden boat with 157 people on board.
Sea Watch
Marcus Wiechmann
Marcus Wiechmann
Germany
Marcus Wiechmann studies photojournalism and documentary photography at Hochschule Hannover, Germany. He works with different visual approaches and mediums. His long-term projects focus on social and environmental issues, mainly in Europe and the Middle East. He has received international awards.
Sea Watch
Sea Watch
3rd place
© Debarchan Chatterjee
In Protest
Police detaining demonstrators during a protest rally organized by opposition parties and civil society against the clampdown by the Indian government on the country’s middle and lower classes.
Police detaining demonstrators during a protest rally organized by opposition parties and civil society against the clampdown by the Indian government on the country’s middle and lower classes.
Debarchan Chatterjee
Debarchan Chatterjee
India
He is a photojournalist and an independent documentary photographer from Kolkata, India.
In Protest
In Protest
Jury Honorable Mention
© Sameer Al-Doumy
Escaping Conflict to Another. France
A Yellow Vests demonstration around Champs-Elysées in Paris on December 1,2018. The Yellow Vests movement in France originally started as a protest against the planned fuel hikes but has morphed into a mass protest against the president's policies.
A Yellow Vests demonstration around Champs-Elysées in Paris on December 1,2018. The Yellow Vests movement in France originally started as a protest against the planned fuel hikes but has morphed into a mass protest against the president's policies.
Sameer Al-Doumy
Sameer Al-Doumy
France
Sameer Al-Doumy is a freelance photographer who covers the war that has been raging in his native Syria for the last 7 years. He started his media work as an activist in 2011 and has worked on documenting the events that happened in his city for local publications.
Escaping Conflict to Another. France
Escaping Conflict to Another. France
Jury Honorable Mention
Series
© Gabriele Cecconi
The Wretched and the Earth
The project’s aim is to investigate and document the environmental crisis following the Rohyngya migration in South Bangladesh, in order to deepen the relation between humans and the environment and reflect on the challenges posed by sudden mass migrations.
Rohingya workers cross a flooded canal following heavy rains in one of the new parts of the camp. Widespread deforestation had a devastating impact, increasing soil erosion and the risk of landslides and floods. The IOM, UNHCR and WFP hired hundreds Rohingya every day to level hills and relocate people at risk.
Gabriele Cecconi
Gabriele Cecconi
Italy
Gabriele was born in 1985. He works as a documentary photographer, pays special attention to social, political and environmental issues. In 2014, after receiving a law degree, he began to engage in photography. In 2015, at the invitation of Camera Torino and Leica, he learned the skill from Magnum photographer Alex Webb. He has several solo and group exhibitions.
The Wretched and the Earth
© Gabriele Cecconi
The Wretched and the Earth
The project’s aim is to investigate and document the environmental crisis following the Rohyngya migration in South Bangladesh, in order to deepen the relation between humans and the environment and reflect on the challenges posed by sudden mass migrations.
Abdul Salam, 60, inside a hole he dug for a latrine. The inability to manage the massive quantity of waste generated by the camps is a major source of disease. The WHO reported in December 2017 that 88 percent of the water samples it had collected from households were contaminated by E.coli.
Gabriele Cecconi
Gabriele Cecconi
Italy
Gabriele was born in 1985. He works as a documentary photographer, pays special attention to social, political and environmental issues. In 2014, after receiving a law degree, he began to engage in photography. In 2015, at the invitation of Camera Torino and Leica, he learned the skill from Magnum photographer Alex Webb. He has several solo and group exhibitions.
The Wretched and the Earth
© Gabriele Cecconi
The Wretched and the Earth
The project’s aim is to investigate and document the environmental crisis following the Rohyngya migration in South Bangladesh, in order to deepen the relation between humans and the environment and reflect on the challenges posed by sudden mass migrations.
Children playing at the top of a leveled hill at the Musoni camp. The pressure on the local ecosystem is unsustainable in the Ukhia and Teknaf subdistricts considering that before the exodus 336,000 people lived in an area that now hosts more then 1 millions refugees.
Gabriele Cecconi
Gabriele Cecconi
Italy
Gabriele was born in 1985. He works as a documentary photographer, pays special attention to social, political and environmental issues. In 2014, after receiving a law degree, he began to engage in photography. In 2015, at the invitation of Camera Torino and Leica, he learned the skill from Magnum photographer Alex Webb. He has several solo and group exhibitions.
The Wretched and the Earth
© Gabriele Cecconi
The Wretched and the Earth
The project’s aim is to investigate and document the environmental crisis following the Rohyngya migration in South Bangladesh, in order to deepen the relation between humans and the environment and reflect on the challenges posed by sudden mass migrations.
Kutupalong refugee camp at sunrise. The camp was set up informally in 1991 and now, with the new extensions, is the biggest refugee camp in the world with more than 600,000 people living in the area.
Gabriele Cecconi
Gabriele Cecconi
Italy
Gabriele was born in 1985. He works as a documentary photographer, pays special attention to social, political and environmental issues. In 2014, after receiving a law degree, he began to engage in photography. In 2015, at the invitation of Camera Torino and Leica, he learned the skill from Magnum photographer Alex Webb. He has several solo and group exhibitions.
The Wretched and the Earth
© Gabriele Cecconi
The Wretched and the Earth
The project’s aim is to investigate and document the environmental crisis following the Rohyngya migration in South Bangladesh, in order to deepen the relation between humans and the environment and reflect on the challenges posed by sudden mass migrations.
Marjon, 35, with her two-year-old son, Muhammed. Both of them suffer from acute respiratory infections. Women cook inside the shelters using firewood collected in the forest.
Gabriele Cecconi
Gabriele Cecconi
Italy
Gabriele was born in 1985. He works as a documentary photographer, pays special attention to social, political and environmental issues. In 2014, after receiving a law degree, he began to engage in photography. In 2015, at the invitation of Camera Torino and Leica, he learned the skill from Magnum photographer Alex Webb. He has several solo and group exhibitions.
The Wretched and the Earth
© Gabriele Cecconi
The Wretched and the Earth
The project’s aim is to investigate and document the environmental crisis following the Rohyngya migration in South Bangladesh, in order to deepen the relation between humans and the environment and reflect on the challenges posed by sudden mass migrations.
Rohingya wait for water and food at the Moynarghona camp distribution center. The lack of land is a major problem that has led to overpopulation of the settlements.
Gabriele Cecconi
Gabriele Cecconi
Italy
Gabriele was born in 1985. He works as a documentary photographer, pays special attention to social, political and environmental issues. In 2014, after receiving a law degree, he began to engage in photography. In 2015, at the invitation of Camera Torino and Leica, he learned the skill from Magnum photographer Alex Webb. He has several solo and group exhibitions.
The Wretched and the Earth
© Gabriele Cecconi
The Wretched and the Earth
The project’s aim is to investigate and document the environmental crisis following the Rohyngya migration in South Bangladesh, in order to deepen the relation between humans and the environment and reflect on the challenges posed by sudden mass migrations.
Funeral at the Balukhali camp. Shak Karim, 65, died of an acute respiratory infection, which is the biggest cause of death among the refugees. The women who prepare the food, babies and the elderly are the most exposed to the risk.
Gabriele Cecconi
Gabriele Cecconi
Italy
Gabriele was born in 1985. He works as a documentary photographer, pays special attention to social, political and environmental issues. In 2014, after receiving a law degree, he began to engage in photography. In 2015, at the invitation of Camera Torino and Leica, he learned the skill from Magnum photographer Alex Webb. He has several solo and group exhibitions.
The Wretched and the Earth
© Gabriele Cecconi
The Wretched and the Earth
The project’s aim is to investigate and document the environmental crisis following the Rohyngya migration in South Bangladesh, in order to deepen the relation between humans and the environment and reflect on the challenges posed by sudden mass migrations.
Bamboo shelters at the Kutupalong refugee camp. All the shelters in the camps were built out of bamboo that comes from Rangamati, an area in Chittagong district where is cultivated. This area is suffering a major impact due to the overexploitation of this important resource.
Gabriele Cecconi
Gabriele Cecconi
Italy
Gabriele was born in 1985. He works as a documentary photographer, pays special attention to social, political and environmental issues. In 2014, after receiving a law degree, he began to engage in photography. In 2015, at the invitation of Camera Torino and Leica, he learned the skill from Magnum photographer Alex Webb. He has several solo and group exhibitions.
The Wretched and the Earth
© Gabriele Cecconi
The Wretched and the Earth
The project’s aim is to investigate and document the environmental crisis following the Rohyngya migration in South Bangladesh, in order to deepen the relation between humans and the environment and reflect on the challenges posed by sudden mass migrations.
Khotiza Begum, 67, inside her new shelter. She arrived in Bangladesh on September 1, 2017, but after only one week an escaped elephant destroyed the family's shelter. The woman was seriously injured while her two grandchildren were killed.
Gabriele Cecconi
Gabriele Cecconi
Italy
Gabriele was born in 1985. He works as a documentary photographer, pays special attention to social, political and environmental issues. In 2014, after receiving a law degree, he began to engage in photography. In 2015, at the invitation of Camera Torino and Leica, he learned the skill from Magnum photographer Alex Webb. He has several solo and group exhibitions.
The Wretched and the Earth
© Gabriele Cecconi
The Wretched and the Earth
The project’s aim is to investigate and document the environmental crisis following the Rohyngya migration in South Bangladesh, in order to deepen the relation between humans and the environment and reflect on the challenges posed by sudden mass migrations.
Some Rohingya sheltering from the wind and sand in a makeshift tent at the Balhukali camp. Due to the logging necessary to set up the camps and build the shelters the soil has become exposed to atmospheric agents and subject to strong erosion, which increases the risk of landslides.
Gabriele Cecconi
Gabriele Cecconi
Italy
Gabriele was born in 1985. He works as a documentary photographer, pays special attention to social, political and environmental issues. In 2014, after receiving a law degree, he began to engage in photography. In 2015, at the invitation of Camera Torino and Leica, he learned the skill from Magnum photographer Alex Webb. He has several solo and group exhibitions.
The Wretched and the Earth
© Gabriele Cecconi
The Wretched and the Earth
The project’s aim is to investigate and document the environmental crisis following the Rohyngya migration in South Bangladesh, in order to deepen the relation between humans and the environment and reflect on the challenges posed by sudden mass migrations.
A tree stands alone in the middle of the camp. The deforestation and exploitation of the environment is immense across the area. According to the ISCG energy and environmental technical group, the entire forest around Cox’s Bazar is likely to disappear this year.
Gabriele Cecconi
Gabriele Cecconi
Italy
Gabriele was born in 1985. He works as a documentary photographer, pays special attention to social, political and environmental issues. In 2014, after receiving a law degree, he began to engage in photography. In 2015, at the invitation of Camera Torino and Leica, he learned the skill from Magnum photographer Alex Webb. He has several solo and group exhibitions.
The Wretched and the Earth
© Gabriele Cecconi
The Wretched and the Earth
The project’s aim is to investigate and document the environmental crisis following the Rohyngya migration in South Bangladesh, in order to deepen the relation between humans and the environment and reflect on the challenges posed by sudden mass migrations.
A Rohingya woman collects leaves in Teknaf Wildlife Sanctuary. Leaves and roots are used both as fuel and ingredients for food. In the absence of agricultural land and regular employment, the Rohingya are dependent on forest produce for most of their daily household needs.
Gabriele Cecconi
Gabriele Cecconi
Italy
Gabriele was born in 1985. He works as a documentary photographer, pays special attention to social, political and environmental issues. In 2014, after receiving a law degree, he began to engage in photography. In 2015, at the invitation of Camera Torino and Leica, he learned the skill from Magnum photographer Alex Webb. He has several solo and group exhibitions.
The Wretched and the Earth
The Wretched and the Earth
Grand Prix
© Kitra Cahana
Caravana Migrante, Tijuana.
Thousands of migrants from Central America have arrived on foot in Tijuana, Mexico at the end of 2018, hoping to cross the border and seek asylum in the United States. Salvadorans, Guatemalans and Hondurans are seeking asylum from Central America’s skyrocketing violence.
Mexican authorities are shutting down the Benito Juarez sports complex, which has housed thousands of migrants from the caravan in Tijuana. They demand that all migrants leave and set up camp on the outskirts of Tijuana at El Barretal complex.
Kitra Cahana
Kitra Cahana
USA
Kitra Cahana is a documentary photographer and filmmaker. Her work explores important social, anthropological and spiritual themes. She is a contributing photographer to National Geographic Magazine.
Caravana Migrante, Tijuana
© Kitra Cahana
Caravana Migrante, Tijuana.
Thousands of migrants from Central America have arrived on foot in Tijuana, Mexico at the end of 2018, hoping to cross the border and seek asylum in the United States. Salvadorans, Guatemalans and Hondurans are seeking asylum from Central America’s skyrocketing violence.
Portrait of Maryuri Celeste,18, from Santa Rosa Honduras in Tijuana.
Kitra Cahana
Kitra Cahana
USA
Kitra Cahana is a documentary photographer and filmmaker. Her work explores important social, anthropological and spiritual themes. She is a contributing photographer to National Geographic Magazine.
Caravana Migrante, Tijuana
© Kitra Cahana
Caravana Migrante, Tijuana.
Thousands of migrants from Central America have arrived on foot in Tijuana, Mexico at the end of 2018, hoping to cross the border and seek asylum in the United States. Salvadorans, Guatemalans and Hondurans are seeking asylum from Central America’s skyrocketing violence.
Detail of the US-Mexico border wall.
Kitra Cahana
Kitra Cahana
USA
Kitra Cahana is a documentary photographer and filmmaker. Her work explores important social, anthropological and spiritual themes. She is a contributing photographer to National Geographic Magazine.
Caravana Migrante, Tijuana
© Kitra Cahana
Caravana Migrante, Tijuana.
Thousands of migrants from Central America have arrived on foot in Tijuana, Mexico at the end of 2018, hoping to cross the border and seek asylum in the United States. Salvadorans, Guatemalans and Hondurans are seeking asylum from Central America’s skyrocketing violence.
Landscape shot of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Tijuana.
Kitra Cahana
Kitra Cahana
USA
Kitra Cahana is a documentary photographer and filmmaker. Her work explores important social, anthropological and spiritual themes. She is a contributing photographer to National Geographic Magazine.
Caravana Migrante, Tijuana
© Kitra Cahana
Caravana Migrante, Tijuana.
Thousands of migrants from Central America have arrived on foot in Tijuana, Mexico at the end of 2018, hoping to cross the border and seek asylum in the United States. Salvadorans, Guatemalans and Hondurans are seeking asylum from Central America’s skyrocketing violence.
Portrait of Yonatan Alexander, 14, from Tacoa, Honduras taken in Tijuana. He traveled to the U.S. border with his mother.
Kitra Cahana
Kitra Cahana
USA
Kitra Cahana is a documentary photographer and filmmaker. Her work explores important social, anthropological and spiritual themes. She is a contributing photographer to National Geographic Magazine.
Caravana Migrante, Tijuana
© Kitra Cahana
Caravana Migrante, Tijuana.
Thousands of migrants from Central America have arrived on foot in Tijuana, Mexico at the end of 2018, hoping to cross the border and seek asylum in the United States. Salvadorans, Guatemalans and Hondurans are seeking asylum from Central America’s skyrocketing violence.
Detail of the effects of days of raining in the Benito Juarez sports complex, which is temporarily housing thousands of migrants in Tijuana.
Kitra Cahana
Kitra Cahana
USA
Kitra Cahana is a documentary photographer and filmmaker. Her work explores important social, anthropological and spiritual themes. She is a contributing photographer to National Geographic Magazine.
Caravana Migrante, Tijuana
© Kitra Cahana
Caravana Migrante, Tijuana.
Thousands of migrants from Central America have arrived on foot in Tijuana, Mexico at the end of 2018, hoping to cross the border and seek asylum in the United States. Salvadorans, Guatemalans and Hondurans are seeking asylum from Central America’s skyrocketing violence.
Migrants scope out the area to find a place to cross the U.S.-Mexico border wall near the beach in Tijuana. Some attempt to dig under the wall, while others climb over it.
Kitra Cahana
Kitra Cahana
USA
Kitra Cahana is a documentary photographer and filmmaker. Her work explores important social, anthropological and spiritual themes. She is a contributing photographer to National Geographic Magazine.
Caravana Migrante, Tijuana
© Kitra Cahana
Caravana Migrante, Tijuana.
Thousands of migrants from Central America have arrived on foot in Tijuana, Mexico at the end of 2018, hoping to cross the border and seek asylum in the United States. Salvadorans, Guatemalans and Hondurans are seeking asylum from Central America’s skyrocketing violence.
Portrait of Francisco Javier, 50, from Morelos, El Salvador in Tijuana. Francisco left his home because Narcos were threatening him if he didn't start to work for them.
Kitra Cahana
Kitra Cahana
USA
Kitra Cahana is a documentary photographer and filmmaker. Her work explores important social, anthropological and spiritual themes. She is a contributing photographer to National Geographic Magazine.
Caravana Migrante, Tijuana
© Kitra Cahana
Caravana Migrante, Tijuana.
Thousands of migrants from Central America have arrived on foot in Tijuana, Mexico at the end of 2018, hoping to cross the border and seek asylum in the United States. Salvadorans, Guatemalans and Hondurans are seeking asylum from Central America’s skyrocketing violence.
Detail shot in the Benito Juarez sports complex, which is temporarily housing thousands of migrants, following endless rain in Tijuana. The top of a tent is patched up and decorated to look like an American flag.
Kitra Cahana
Kitra Cahana
USA
Kitra Cahana is a documentary photographer and filmmaker. Her work explores important social, anthropological and spiritual themes. She is a contributing photographer to National Geographic Magazine.
Caravana Migrante, Tijuana
© Kitra Cahana
Caravana Migrante, Tijuana.
Thousands of migrants from Central America have arrived on foot in Tijuana, Mexico at the end of 2018, hoping to cross the border and seek asylum in the United States. Salvadorans, Guatemalans and Hondurans are seeking asylum from Central America’s skyrocketing violence.
A migrant sleeps on a backpack outside the Benito Juarez sports complex in Tijuana, which was housing thousands of migrants from the caravan, after it was closed. The Mexican police moved thousands of migrants to a new shelter outside Tijuana and further away from the U.S.-Mexico border.
Kitra Cahana
Kitra Cahana
USA
Kitra Cahana is a documentary photographer and filmmaker. Her work explores important social, anthropological and spiritual themes. She is a contributing photographer to National Geographic Magazine.
Caravana Migrante, Tijuana
© Kitra Cahana
Caravana Migrante, Tijuana.
Thousands of migrants from Central America have arrived on foot in Tijuana, Mexico at the end of 2018, hoping to cross the border and seek asylum in the United States. Salvadorans, Guatemalans and Hondurans are seeking asylum from Central America’s skyrocketing violence.
The U.S.- Mexico border wall at the beach in Tijuana.
Kitra Cahana
Kitra Cahana
USA
Kitra Cahana is a documentary photographer and filmmaker. Her work explores important social, anthropological and spiritual themes. She is a contributing photographer to National Geographic Magazine.
Caravana Migrante, Tijuana
© Kitra Cahana
Caravana Migrante, Tijuana.
Thousands of migrants from Central America have arrived on foot in Tijuana, Mexico at the end of 2018, hoping to cross the border and seek asylum in the United States. Salvadorans, Guatemalans and Hondurans are seeking asylum from Central America’s skyrocketing violence.
Detail shot in the Benito Juarez sports facility that is temporarily housing thousands of migrants, following endless rain in Tijuana.
Kitra Cahana
Kitra Cahana
USA
Kitra Cahana is a documentary photographer and filmmaker. Her work explores important social, anthropological and spiritual themes. She is a contributing photographer to National Geographic Magazine.
Caravana Migrante, Tijuana
Caravana Migrante, Tijuana.
1st place
© Luis Tato
Zimbabwe's Post-Mugabe Election
Zimbabweans voted in the country's first presidential election without the strongman and controversial leader Robert Mugabe, who led the nation for 37 years. In the following days, violent protests lead to the arrests of many opposition supporters, according to the opposition leaders and human rights groups.
A man waits his turn to wash dishes in a residential area located in the suburb of Mbare in Zimbabwe's capital Harare on July 27, 2018 before the Presidential election. Mbare is a high-density suburb and one of the poorest areas in Harare.
Luis Tato
Spain
Luis Tato is a Spanish-born photojournalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. He currently combines his work as a stringer photographer covering East Africa with his own photojournalism projects, given his passion for sociology and traveling.
Zimbabwe's Post-Mugabe Election
© Luis Tato
Zimbabwe's Post-Mugabe Election
Zimbabweans voted in the country's first presidential election without the strongman and controversial leader Robert Mugabe, who led the nation for 37 years. In the following days, violent protests lead to the arrests of many opposition supporters, according to the opposition leaders and human rights groups.
Supporters of MDC-Alliance (Movement for Democratic Change-Alliance) leader and opposition presidential candidate carry election posters as they cheer at the party's closing campaign rally on Freedom Square in Harare, July 28, 2018.
Luis Tato
Spain
Luis Tato is a Spanish-born photojournalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. He currently combines his work as a stringer photographer covering East Africa with his own photojournalism projects, given his passion for sociology and traveling.
Zimbabwe's Post-Mugabe Election
© Luis Tato
Zimbabwe's Post-Mugabe Election
Zimbabweans voted in the country's first presidential election without the strongman and controversial leader Robert Mugabe, who led the nation for 37 years. In the following days, violent protests lead to the arrests of many opposition supporters, according to the opposition leaders and human rights groups.
People line up early in the morning to cast their ballots outside a polling station located in the suburb of Mbare in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare, July 30, 2018. Zimbabwe went to the polls in its first election since authoritarian leader Robert Mugabe was ousted in a coup.
Luis Tato
Spain
Luis Tato is a Spanish-born photojournalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. He currently combines his work as a stringer photographer covering East Africa with his own photojournalism projects, given his passion for sociology and traveling.
Zimbabwe's Post-Mugabe Election
© Luis Tato
Zimbabwe's Post-Mugabe Election
Zimbabweans voted in the country's first presidential election without the strongman and controversial leader Robert Mugabe, who led the nation for 37 years. In the following days, violent protests lead to the arrests of many opposition supporters, according to the opposition leaders and human rights groups.
A man casts his ballot at a polling station located in the suburb of Mbare in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare, July 30, 2018. Zimbabwe went to the polls with allegations mounting of voter fraud and predictions of a disputed result.
Luis Tato
Spain
Luis Tato is a Spanish-born photojournalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. He currently combines his work as a stringer photographer covering East Africa with his own photojournalism projects, given his passion for sociology and traveling.
Zimbabwe's Post-Mugabe Election
© Luis Tato
Zimbabwe's Post-Mugabe Election
Zimbabweans voted in the country's first presidential election without the strongman and controversial leader Robert Mugabe, who led the nation for 37 years. In the following days, violent protests lead to the arrests of many opposition supporters, according to the opposition leaders and human rights groups.
Observers check the tally of the votes at a polling station in the suburb of Mbare in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare, July 30, 2018. Mbare is a high-density suburb and one of the poorest areas of Harare.
Luis Tato
Spain
Luis Tato is a Spanish-born photojournalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. He currently combines his work as a stringer photographer covering East Africa with his own photojournalism projects, given his passion for sociology and traveling.
Zimbabwe's Post-Mugabe Election
© Luis Tato
Zimbabwe's Post-Mugabe Election
Zimbabweans voted in the country's first presidential election without the strongman and controversial leader Robert Mugabe, who led the nation for 37 years. In the following days, violent protests lead to the arrests of many opposition supporters, according to the opposition leaders and human rights groups.
Supporters of Zimbabwean opposition MDC Alliance protest in Harare on August 1, 2018, after the announcement of the election's official results. The opposition party MDC cried foul, alleging widespread fraud.
Luis Tato
Spain
Luis Tato is a Spanish-born photojournalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. He currently combines his work as a stringer photographer covering East Africa with his own photojournalism projects, given his passion for sociology and traveling.
Zimbabwe's Post-Mugabe Election
© Luis Tato
Zimbabwe's Post-Mugabe Election
Zimbabweans voted in the country's first presidential election without the strongman and controversial leader Robert Mugabe, who led the nation for 37 years. In the following days, violent protests lead to the arrests of many opposition supporters, according to the opposition leaders and human rights groups.
Supporters of Zimbabwean opposition MDC Alliance protest during riots in Harare on August 1, 2018, after the announcement of the election's official results.
Luis Tato
Spain
Luis Tato is a Spanish-born photojournalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. He currently combines his work as a stringer photographer covering East Africa with his own photojournalism projects, given his passion for sociology and traveling.
Zimbabwe's Post-Mugabe Election
© Luis Tato
Zimbabwe's Post-Mugabe Election
Zimbabweans voted in the country's first presidential election without the strongman and controversial leader Robert Mugabe, who led the nation for 37 years. In the following days, violent protests lead to the arrests of many opposition supporters, according to the opposition leaders and human rights groups.
A supporter of Zimbabwean opposition MDC Alliance pushes a barrel in front of a fire during riots in Harare on August 1, 2018, after the announcement of the election's official results.
Luis Tato
Spain
Luis Tato is a Spanish-born photojournalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. He currently combines his work as a stringer photographer covering East Africa with his own photojournalism projects, given his passion for sociology and traveling.
Zimbabwe's Post-Mugabe Election
© Luis Tato
Zimbabwe's Post-Mugabe Election
Zimbabweans voted in the country's first presidential election without the strongman and controversial leader Robert Mugabe, who led the nation for 37 years. In the following days, violent protests lead to the arrests of many opposition supporters, according to the opposition leaders and human rights groups.
Zimbabwean Anti-Riot Police close access to the Rainbow Towers, where the election results were announced, while supporters of Zimbabwean opposition MDC Alliance protest in Harare on August 1, 2018.
Luis Tato
Spain
Luis Tato is a Spanish-born photojournalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. He currently combines his work as a stringer photographer covering East Africa with his own photojournalism projects, given his passion for sociology and traveling.
Zimbabwe's Post-Mugabe Election
© Luis Tato
Zimbabwe's Post-Mugabe Election
Zimbabweans voted in the country's first presidential election without the strongman and controversial leader Robert Mugabe, who led the nation for 37 years. In the following days, violent protests lead to the arrests of many opposition supporters, according to the opposition leaders and human rights groups.
A supporter of Zimbabwean opposition MDC Alliance allegedly beaten up by soldiers is helped by other protesters during riots in Harare on August 1, 2018, after the announcement of the election's official results.
Luis Tato
Spain
Luis Tato is a Spanish-born photojournalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. He currently combines his work as a stringer photographer covering East Africa with his own photojournalism projects, given his passion for sociology and traveling.
Zimbabwe's Post-Mugabe Election
© Luis Tato
Zimbabwe's Post-Mugabe Election
Zimbabweans voted in the country's first presidential election without the strongman and controversial leader Robert Mugabe, who led the nation for 37 years. In the following days, violent protests lead to the arrests of many opposition supporters, according to the opposition leaders and human rights groups.
Relatives and friends mourn on August 4, 2018 at the end of the funeral for Silvia Maphosa, shot during the post-election violence in Harare on August 1, the day after the nation went to the polls in national elections. At least six people were killed in Harare during riots.
Luis Tato
Spain
Luis Tato is a Spanish-born photojournalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. He currently combines his work as a stringer photographer covering East Africa with his own photojournalism projects, given his passion for sociology and traveling.
Zimbabwe's Post-Mugabe Election
© Luis Tato
Zimbabwe's Post-Mugabe Election
Zimbabweans voted in the country's first presidential election without the strongman and controversial leader Robert Mugabe, who led the nation for 37 years. In the following days, violent protests lead to the arrests of many opposition supporters, according to the opposition leaders and human rights groups.
A man allegedly shot by the Zimbabwean army during riots is carried in Harare on August 1, 2018, after the announcement of the election's official results.
Luis Tato
Spain
Luis Tato is a Spanish-born photojournalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. He currently combines his work as a stringer photographer covering East Africa with his own photojournalism projects, given his passion for sociology and traveling.
Zimbabwe's Post-Mugabe Election
Zimbabwe's Post-Mugabe Election
2nd place
© Alfredo Bosco
Forgotten Guerrero
This report looks at the State of Guerrero's current social and political situation. Violence is relentlessly on the rise amongst cartels and self-proclaimed defence groups; local feuds force the population to abandon their homes and towns, surrendering them to a ghastly domestic conflict.
Mexico, Guerrero, San Felipe del Ocote, 2018. Local police in San Felipe del Ocote. This ghost town is currently under the control of Familia Michoacana.
Alfredo Bosco
Alfredo Bosco
Italy
Alfredo Bosco, a Tuscany-born freelance photographer, based in Paris and Milan. He is a contributor of Luz Photo Agency. He has covered stories in Italy, Ukraine, the Middle East, Haiti and Central Asia. He is cofounder and editor of MilanoCittaAperta, an online Journal of Urban Photography.
Forgotten Guerrero
© Alfredo Bosco
Forgotten Guerrero
This report looks at the State of Guerrero's current social and political situation. Violence is relentlessly on the rise amongst cartels and self-proclaimed defence groups; local feuds force the population to abandon their homes and towns, surrendering them to a ghastly domestic conflict.
Mexico, Guerrero, Chilapa De Alvarez, 2019. Jose Navarro next to his brother’s grave. He wants to create a memorial for the victims of Chilapa.
Alfredo Bosco
Alfredo Bosco
Italy
Alfredo Bosco, a Tuscany-born freelance photographer, based in Paris and Milan. He is a contributor of Luz Photo Agency. He has covered stories in Italy, Ukraine, the Middle East, Haiti and Central Asia. He is cofounder and editor of MilanoCittaAperta, an online Journal of Urban Photography.
Forgotten Guerrero
© Alfredo Bosco
Forgotten Guerrero
This report looks at the State of Guerrero's current social and political situation. Violence is relentlessly on the rise amongst cartels and self-proclaimed defence groups; local feuds force the population to abandon their homes and towns, surrendering them to a ghastly domestic conflict.
Mexico, Guerrero, Acapulco, 2018. The stab-wounds on the back of a 17-year-old boy found dead with his head and limbs detached. He is just one of the countless innocent victims found in Acapulco who are violently murdered to spread terror among the local population.
Alfredo Bosco
Alfredo Bosco
Italy
Alfredo Bosco, a Tuscany-born freelance photographer, based in Paris and Milan. He is a contributor of Luz Photo Agency. He has covered stories in Italy, Ukraine, the Middle East, Haiti and Central Asia. He is cofounder and editor of MilanoCittaAperta, an online Journal of Urban Photography.
Forgotten Guerrero
© Alfredo Bosco
Forgotten Guerrero
This report looks at the State of Guerrero's current social and political situation. Violence is relentlessly on the rise amongst cartels and self-proclaimed defence groups; local feuds force the population to abandon their homes and towns, surrendering them to a ghastly domestic conflict.
Mexico, Guerrero, Petlacala, 2018. Members of a self-defense group in a poppy field. The self-defence group of Sierra of San Miguel claim to protect the local population from the Tequileros criminal group.
Alfredo Bosco
Alfredo Bosco
Italy
Alfredo Bosco, a Tuscany-born freelance photographer, based in Paris and Milan. He is a contributor of Luz Photo Agency. He has covered stories in Italy, Ukraine, the Middle East, Haiti and Central Asia. He is cofounder and editor of MilanoCittaAperta, an online Journal of Urban Photography.
Forgotten Guerrero
© Alfredo Bosco
Forgotten Guerrero
This report looks at the State of Guerrero's current social and political situation. Violence is relentlessly on the rise amongst cartels and self-proclaimed defence groups; local feuds force the population to abandon their homes and towns, surrendering them to a ghastly domestic conflict.
Mexico, Guerrero, Chichihualco, 2018. Refugees from Los Morelos heading to the Chichihualco auditorium. Hundreds of people have been displaced since the Guerrero Unidos self-defence group decided to occupy towns in the municipality of Leonardo Bravo.
Alfredo Bosco
Alfredo Bosco
Italy
Alfredo Bosco, a Tuscany-born freelance photographer, based in Paris and Milan. He is a contributor of Luz Photo Agency. He has covered stories in Italy, Ukraine, the Middle East, Haiti and Central Asia. He is cofounder and editor of MilanoCittaAperta, an online Journal of Urban Photography.
Forgotten Guerrero
© Alfredo Bosco
Forgotten Guerrero
This report looks at the State of Guerrero's current social and political situation. Violence is relentlessly on the rise amongst cartels and self-proclaimed defence groups; local feuds force the population to abandon their homes and towns, surrendering them to a ghastly domestic conflict.
Mexico, Guerrero, Ayutla, 2018. A displaced family in Ayutla. Many live in precarious conditions without basic necessities.
Alfredo Bosco
Alfredo Bosco
Italy
Alfredo Bosco, a Tuscany-born freelance photographer, based in Paris and Milan. He is a contributor of Luz Photo Agency. He has covered stories in Italy, Ukraine, the Middle East, Haiti and Central Asia. He is cofounder and editor of MilanoCittaAperta, an online Journal of Urban Photography.
Forgotten Guerrero
© Alfredo Bosco
Forgotten Guerrero
This report looks at the State of Guerrero's current social and political situation. Violence is relentlessly on the rise amongst cartels and self-proclaimed defence groups; local feuds force the population to abandon their homes and towns, surrendering them to a ghastly domestic conflict.
Mexico, Guerrero, Acapulco, 2018. A man assassinated in Zapata, Acapulco. A sharp rise in violence in the city caused a tourism crisis and forced the government to launch a Guerrero Seguro operation.
Alfredo Bosco
Alfredo Bosco
Italy
Alfredo Bosco, a Tuscany-born freelance photographer, based in Paris and Milan. He is a contributor of Luz Photo Agency. He has covered stories in Italy, Ukraine, the Middle East, Haiti and Central Asia. He is cofounder and editor of MilanoCittaAperta, an online Journal of Urban Photography.
Forgotten Guerrero
© Alfredo Bosco
Forgotten Guerrero
This report looks at the State of Guerrero's current social and political situation. Violence is relentlessly on the rise amongst cartels and self-proclaimed defence groups; local feuds force the population to abandon their homes and towns, surrendering them to a ghastly domestic conflict.
Mexico, Guerrero, La Agavia, 2018. An abandoned toy in the ghost town of La Agavia.
Alfredo Bosco
Alfredo Bosco
Italy
Alfredo Bosco, a Tuscany-born freelance photographer, based in Paris and Milan. He is a contributor of Luz Photo Agency. He has covered stories in Italy, Ukraine, the Middle East, Haiti and Central Asia. He is cofounder and editor of MilanoCittaAperta, an online Journal of Urban Photography.
Forgotten Guerrero
© Alfredo Bosco
Forgotten Guerrero
This report looks at the State of Guerrero's current social and political situation. Violence is relentlessly on the rise amongst cartels and self-proclaimed defence groups; local feuds force the population to abandon their homes and towns, surrendering them to a ghastly domestic conflict.
Mexico, Guerrero, Los Timontos, 2018. Members of the self-defence group of Policia Ciudadana de Leonardo Bravo holding their positions.
Alfredo Bosco
Alfredo Bosco
Italy
Alfredo Bosco, a Tuscany-born freelance photographer, based in Paris and Milan. He is a contributor of Luz Photo Agency. He has covered stories in Italy, Ukraine, the Middle East, Haiti and Central Asia. He is cofounder and editor of MilanoCittaAperta, an online Journal of Urban Photography.
Forgotten Guerrero
© Alfredo Bosco
Forgotten Guerrero
This report looks at the State of Guerrero's current social and political situation. Violence is relentlessly on the rise amongst cartels and self-proclaimed defence groups; local feuds force the population to abandon their homes and towns, surrendering them to a ghastly domestic conflict.
Mexico, Guerrero, Acapulco, 2018. A crime scene in Acapulco. Tourism and investments have dropped as Acapulco is currently the most violent city in Guerrero, and for the last five years has been the most violent city in Mexico.
Alfredo Bosco
Alfredo Bosco
Italy
Alfredo Bosco, a Tuscany-born freelance photographer, based in Paris and Milan. He is a contributor of Luz Photo Agency. He has covered stories in Italy, Ukraine, the Middle East, Haiti and Central Asia. He is cofounder and editor of MilanoCittaAperta, an online Journal of Urban Photography.
Forgotten Guerrero
© Alfredo Bosco
Forgotten Guerrero
This report looks at the State of Guerrero's current social and political situation. Violence is relentlessly on the rise amongst cartels and self-proclaimed defence groups; local feuds force the population to abandon their homes and towns, surrendering them to a ghastly domestic conflict.
Mexico, Guerrero, Filo de Caballos, 2018. Interior of a house seized by the police in Tlacotepec. According to locals in Filo de Caballos, many girls were raped on its premises by members of the Policia Ciudadana de Leonardo Bravo.
Alfredo Bosco
Alfredo Bosco
Italy
Alfredo Bosco, a Tuscany-born freelance photographer, based in Paris and Milan. He is a contributor of Luz Photo Agency. He has covered stories in Italy, Ukraine, the Middle East, Haiti and Central Asia. He is cofounder and editor of MilanoCittaAperta, an online Journal of Urban Photography.
Forgotten Guerrero
© Alfredo Bosco
Forgotten Guerrero
This report looks at the State of Guerrero's current social and political situation. Violence is relentlessly on the rise amongst cartels and self-proclaimed defence groups; local feuds force the population to abandon their homes and towns, surrendering them to a ghastly domestic conflict.
Mexico, Guerrero, Area of San Miguel Totolapan, 2018. A wedding photo left behind in an abandoned home in the ghost area of San Miguel Totolapan.
Alfredo Bosco
Alfredo Bosco
Italy
Alfredo Bosco, a Tuscany-born freelance photographer, based in Paris and Milan. He is a contributor of Luz Photo Agency. He has covered stories in Italy, Ukraine, the Middle East, Haiti and Central Asia. He is cofounder and editor of MilanoCittaAperta, an online Journal of Urban Photography.
Forgotten Guerrero
Forgotten Guerrero
3rd place, Special prize "For humanitarian photography" by International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Single
© Ayanava Sil
Decisive Heading
A decisive moment during a water polo match.
A decisive moment during a water polo match.
Ayanava Sil
Ayanava Sil
India
Ayanava Sil lives in Kolkata, India where he works as documentary photographer, focusing on images of everyday life. Documenting people over the years has been an invaluable opportunity for him to explore the unknown and to embrace the multitude of people’s realities.
Decisive Heading
Decisive Heading
1st place
© Amit Moulick
Red Yellow Mat Wrestling
A State level Wrestling competition was organized on the bank of the river Ganges at Kolkata in India on November 18, 2018. More than 110 men and women wrestlers took part in the contest. They came from various parts of India including Varanasi, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Mathura and Allahabad. I took this photo in front of the Howrah Bridge on the bank of the river Ganges at Kolkata in India. A huge number of spectators crowded round the ring.
A State level Wrestling competition was organized on the bank of the river Ganges at Kolkata in India on November 18, 2018. More than 110 men and women wrestlers took part in the contest. They came from various parts of India including Varanasi, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Mathura and Allahabad. I took this photo in front of the Howrah Bridge on the bank of the river Ganges at Kolkata in India. A huge number of spectators crowded round the ring.
Amit Moulick
Amit Moulick
India
Amit is a graduate in science from Jaipur National University, India. He works as a freelance photojournalist in the editorial/news department of The Times of India, the highest selling daily newspaper in the country. Amit covered several national assignments including elections, strife, conflicts, important public figures and heads of state as well as stories of everyday life.
Red Yellow Mat Wrestling
Red Yellow Mat Wrestling
2nd place
© Tahora Lali
Shiahan
Ninja Rangers training with wooden swords in Shahriar.
Ninja Rangers training with wooden swords in Shahriar.
Tahora Lali
Iran
Iranian photographer Tahora Lali was born in 1998. She is a member of the Shahriar Photographers Group and the Association of Visual Arts of Shahriar. She has taken part in photo shows at the Shahriah House of Artists, the Tehran Gallery, the Paris Photo Fair and some other photo exhibitions.
Shiahan
Shiahan
3rd place
© Mohammad Ali Najib
Call me, coach!
Marzie Baneshi is a 24-year-old player in Girls of Fars. “I think playing rugby as a woman in Iran is absolutely crazy and being the coach of the women’s team is idiotic and we are all like a bunch of lunatics who have been let loose from an asylum!” Marzie said.
Call me, coach!
Mohammmed Ali Najib
Mohammad Ali Najib
Iran
Mohammad Ali was born in Iran, graduated in civil engineering and has been working as a photographer for 9 years.
Call me, coach!
Call me, coach!
Jury Honorable Mention
Series
© Alexei Filippov
Lonely Olympics
At the Olympics, behind all the noise of the stands and overall excitement, the biggest challenge that the athlete faces is state of mind, and character. In the end he or she has to overcome not the competitors, but his or her own uncertainty.
Martin Fourcade (France) during the men's biathlon individual race at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.
Alexei Filippov
Alexei Filippov
Russia
Alexei was born in 1985 in Baku. He graduated from Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation with a degree in engineering. Simultaneously, he studied photojournalism at Moscow State University. Alexei completed an internship at Kommersant Publishing House, collaborated with the Tribuna newspaper and worked for ITAR-TASS agency for several years. Since 2011, he has been a staff photojournalist at RIA Novosti.
Lonely Olympics
© Alexei Filippov
Lonely Olympics
At the Olympics, behind all the noise of the stands and overall excitement, the biggest challenge that the athlete faces is state of mind, and character. In the end he or she has to overcome not the competitors, but his or her own uncertainty.
Olympic athlete Lana Prusakova (Russia) during the qualifying round in the women’s slopestyle at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.
Alexei Filippov
Alexei Filippov
Russia
Alexei was born in 1985 in Baku. He graduated from Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation with a degree in engineering. Simultaneously, he studied photojournalism at Moscow State University. Alexei completed an internship at Kommersant Publishing House, collaborated with the Tribuna newspaper and worked for ITAR-TASS agency for several years. Since 2011, he has been a staff photojournalist at RIA Novosti.
Lonely Olympics
© Alexei Filippov
Lonely Olympics
At the Olympics, behind all the noise of the stands and overall excitement, the biggest challenge that the athlete faces is state of mind, and character. In the end he or she has to overcome not the competitors, but his or her own uncertainty.
Iivo Niskanen (Finland) during the 50 km mass start race in men’s cross-country skiing at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang.
Alexei Filippov
Alexei Filippov
Russia
Alexei was born in 1985 in Baku. He graduated from Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation with a degree in engineering. Simultaneously, he studied photojournalism at Moscow State University. Alexei completed an internship at Kommersant Publishing House, collaborated with the Tribuna newspaper and worked for ITAR-TASS agency for several years. Since 2011, he has been a staff photojournalist at RIA Novosti.
Lonely Olympics
© Alexei Filippov
Lonely Olympics
At the Olympics, behind all the noise of the stands and overall excitement, the biggest challenge that the athlete faces is state of mind, and character. In the end he or she has to overcome not the competitors, but his or her own uncertainty.
Keishin Yoshida (Japan) during the 15 km individual freestyle race in men’s cross-country skiing at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang.
Alexei Filippov
Alexei Filippov
Russia
Alexei was born in 1985 in Baku. He graduated from Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation with a degree in engineering. Simultaneously, he studied photojournalism at Moscow State University. Alexei completed an internship at Kommersant Publishing House, collaborated with the Tribuna newspaper and worked for ITAR-TASS agency for several years. Since 2011, he has been a staff photojournalist at RIA Novosti.
Lonely Olympics
© Alexei Filippov
Lonely Olympics
At the Olympics, behind all the noise of the stands and overall excitement, the biggest challenge that the athlete faces is state of mind, and character. In the end he or she has to overcome not the competitors, but his or her own uncertainty.
Laura Toivanen during the women's 4x6km biathlon relay at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.
Alexei Filippov
Alexei Filippov
Russia
Alexei was born in 1985 in Baku. He graduated from Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation with a degree in engineering. Simultaneously, he studied photojournalism at Moscow State University. Alexei completed an internship at Kommersant Publishing House, collaborated with the Tribuna newspaper and worked for ITAR-TASS agency for several years. Since 2011, he has been a staff photojournalist at RIA Novosti.
Lonely Olympics
© Alexei Filippov
Lonely Olympics
At the Olympics, behind all the noise of the stands and overall excitement, the biggest challenge that the athlete faces is state of mind, and character. In the end he or she has to overcome not the competitors, but his or her own uncertainty.
Dorothea Wierer (Italy) during the women's 4x6km biathlon relay at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.
Alexei Filippov
Alexei Filippov
Russia
Alexei was born in 1985 in Baku. He graduated from Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation with a degree in engineering. Simultaneously, he studied photojournalism at Moscow State University. Alexei completed an internship at Kommersant Publishing House, collaborated with the Tribuna newspaper and worked for ITAR-TASS agency for several years. Since 2011, he has been a staff photojournalist at RIA Novosti.
Lonely Olympics
© Alexei Filippov
Lonely Olympics
At the Olympics, behind all the noise of the stands and overall excitement, the biggest challenge that the athlete faces is state of mind, and character. In the end he or she has to overcome not the competitors, but his or her own uncertainty.
Ivona Fialkova (Slovakia) during the sprint race in the women’s biathlon event at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang.
Alexei Filippov
Alexei Filippov
Russia
Alexei was born in 1985 in Baku. He graduated from Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation with a degree in engineering. Simultaneously, he studied photojournalism at Moscow State University. Alexei completed an internship at Kommersant Publishing House, collaborated with the Tribuna newspaper and worked for ITAR-TASS agency for several years. Since 2011, he has been a staff photojournalist at RIA Novosti.
Lonely Olympics
© Alexei Filippov
Lonely Olympics
At the Olympics, behind all the noise of the stands and overall excitement, the biggest challenge that the athlete faces is state of mind, and character. In the end he or she has to overcome not the competitors, but his or her own uncertainty.
Olympic athlete from Russia Lana Prusakova during the women's slopestyle competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.
Alexei Filippov
Alexei Filippov
Russia
Alexei was born in 1985 in Baku. He graduated from Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation with a degree in engineering. Simultaneously, he studied photojournalism at Moscow State University. Alexei completed an internship at Kommersant Publishing House, collaborated with the Tribuna newspaper and worked for ITAR-TASS agency for several years. Since 2011, he has been a staff photojournalist at RIA Novosti.
Lonely Olympics
© Alexei Filippov
Lonely Olympics
At the Olympics, behind all the noise of the stands and overall excitement, the biggest challenge that the athlete faces is state of mind, and character. In the end he or she has to overcome not the competitors, but his or her own uncertainty.
Aaron Kostner (Italy) during the training before the men's Nordic combined event at the XXIII Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.
Alexei Filippov
Alexei Filippov
Russia
Alexei was born in 1985 in Baku. He graduated from Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation with a degree in engineering. Simultaneously, he studied photojournalism at Moscow State University. Alexei completed an internship at Kommersant Publishing House, collaborated with the Tribuna newspaper and worked for ITAR-TASS agency for several years. Since 2011, he has been a staff photojournalist at RIA Novosti.
Lonely Olympics
© Alexei Filippov
Lonely Olympics
At the Olympics, behind all the noise of the stands and overall excitement, the biggest challenge that the athlete faces is state of mind, and character. In the end he or she has to overcome not the competitors, but his or her own uncertainty.
Olympic athlete from Russia Alexander Bolshunov, silver medalist in the 50km mass start race in men’s cross-country skiing at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, leaves the podium after award ceremony.
Alexei Filippov
Alexei Filippov
Russia
Alexei was born in 1985 in Baku. He graduated from Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation with a degree in engineering. Simultaneously, he studied photojournalism at Moscow State University. Alexei completed an internship at Kommersant Publishing House, collaborated with the Tribuna newspaper and worked for ITAR-TASS agency for several years. Since 2011, he has been a staff photojournalist at RIA Novosti.
Lonely Olympics
Lonely Olympics
1st place
© Jeoffrey Guillemard
The Youth In Charreria
Evolving from traditions brought from Spain in the 16th century, the first charrerías were horse competitions in which workers from different haciendas in Mexico competed against one another. Today, such competitions are held throughout Mexico, one of which is reserved for children and teenagers.
Portrait of Eduardo Hurtado Mejia, young Charro, aged 19. He first participated in Charreria at the age of six. 27/07/18 Ezequiel Montes, Queretaro, Mexico.
Jeoffrey Guillemard
Jeoffrey Guillemard
France
Jeoffrey Guillemard was born in 1986 in Nancy, France. Since 2006 he has worked all over the American continent, primarily in Mexico, where he now lives. He started as a self-taught photographer and in 2014 he completed the EMI-CFD photojournalism training in Paris.
THE YOUTH IN CHARRERIA
© Jeoffrey Guillemard
The Youth In Charreria
Evolving from traditions brought from Spain in the 16th century, the first charrerías were horse competitions in which workers from different haciendas in Mexico competed against one another. Today, such competitions are held throughout Mexico, one of which is reserved for children and teenagers.
A young Charro performs a Charreria event at the Charreria national championship. 27/07/18 Ezequiel Montes, Queretaro, Mexico.
Jeoffrey Guillemard
Jeoffrey Guillemard
France
Jeoffrey Guillemard was born in 1986 in Nancy, France. Since 2006 he has worked all over the American continent, primarily in Mexico, where he now lives. He started as a self-taught photographer and in 2014 he completed the EMI-CFD photojournalism training in Paris.
The Youth In Charreria
© Jeoffrey Guillemard
The Youth In Charreria
Evolving from traditions brought from Spain in the 16th century, the first charrerías were horse competitions in which workers from different haciendas in Mexico competed against one another. Today, such competitions are held throughout Mexico, one of which is reserved for children and teenagers.
A young Charro is preparing to ride a bull at the national championship of Charreria. 26/07/18 Ezequiel Montes, Queretaro, Mexico.
Jeoffrey Guillemard
Jeoffrey Guillemard
France
Jeoffrey Guillemard was born in 1986 in Nancy, France. Since 2006 he has worked all over the American continent, primarily in Mexico, where he now lives. He started as a self-taught photographer and in 2014 he completed the EMI-CFD photojournalism training in Paris.
The Youth In Charreria
© Jeoffrey Guillemard
The Youth In Charreria
Evolving from traditions brought from Spain in the 16th century, the first charrerías were horse competitions in which workers from different haciendas in Mexico competed against one another. Today, such competitions are held throughout Mexico, one of which is reserved for children and teenagers.
A young Charro performs in a Charreria event at the Charreria national championship. 27/07/18 Ezequiel Montes, Queretaro, Mexico.
Jeoffrey Guillemard
Jeoffrey Guillemard
France
Jeoffrey Guillemard was born in 1986 in Nancy, France. Since 2006 he has worked all over the American continent, primarily in Mexico, where he now lives. He started as a self-taught photographer and in 2014 he completed the EMI-CFD photojournalism training in Paris.
The Youth In Charreria
© Jeoffrey Guillemard
The Youth In Charreria
Evolving from traditions brought from Spain in the 16th century, the first charrerías were horse competitions in which workers from different haciendas in Mexico competed against one another. Today, such competitions are held throughout Mexico, one of which is reserved for children and teenagers.
A young Charro is treated by the Red Cross after falling from a bull during a practice run before the national championship of Charreria. 27/07/18 Ezequiel Montes, Queretaro, Mexico
Jeoffrey Guillemard
Jeoffrey Guillemard
France
Jeoffrey Guillemard was born in 1986 in Nancy, France. Since 2006 he has worked all over the American continent, primarily in Mexico, where he now lives. He started as a self-taught photographer and in 2014 he completed the EMI-CFD photojournalism training in Paris.
The Youth In Charreria
© Jeoffrey Guillemard
The Youth In Charreria
Evolving from traditions brought from Spain in the 16th century, the first charrerías were horse competitions in which workers from different haciendas in Mexico competed against one another. Today, such competitions are held throughout Mexico, one of which is reserved for children and teenagers.
Portrait of a young Charro at the Charreria National Championship. 26/07/18 Ezequiel Montes, Queretaro, Mexico.
Jeoffrey Guillemard
Jeoffrey Guillemard
France
Jeoffrey Guillemard was born in 1986 in Nancy, France. Since 2006 he has worked all over the American continent, primarily in Mexico, where he now lives. He started as a self-taught photographer and in 2014 he completed the EMI-CFD photojournalism training in Paris.
The Youth In Charreria
© Jeoffrey Guillemard
The Youth In Charreria
Evolving from traditions brought from Spain in the 16th century, the first charrerías were horse competitions in which workers from different haciendas in Mexico competed against one another. Today, such competitions are held throughout Mexico, one of which is reserved for children and teenagers.
Portrait of a young Charro and his dad at the Charreria National Championship. 26/07/18 Ezequiel Montes, Queretaro, Mexico.
Jeoffrey Guillemard
Jeoffrey Guillemard
France
Jeoffrey Guillemard was born in 1986 in Nancy, France. Since 2006 he has worked all over the American continent, primarily in Mexico, where he now lives. He started as a self-taught photographer and in 2014 he completed the EMI-CFD photojournalism training in Paris.
The Youth In Charreria
© Jeoffrey Guillemard
The Youth In Charreria
Evolving from traditions brought from Spain in the 16th century, the first charrerías were horse competitions in which workers from different haciendas in Mexico competed against one another. Today, such competitions are held throughout Mexico, one of which is reserved for children and teenagers.
A young Charro performs a Charreria event at the Charreria national championship. 27/07/18 Ezequiel Montes, Queretaro, Mexico.
Jeoffrey Guillemard
Jeoffrey Guillemard
France
Jeoffrey Guillemard was born in 1986 in Nancy, France. Since 2006 he has worked all over the American continent, primarily in Mexico, where he now lives. He started as a self-taught photographer and in 2014 he completed the EMI-CFD photojournalism training in Paris.
The Youth In Charreria
© Jeoffrey Guillemard
The Youth In Charreria
Evolving from traditions brought from Spain in the 16th century, the first charrerías were horse competitions in which workers from different haciendas in Mexico competed against one another. Today, such competitions are held throughout Mexico, one of which is reserved for children and teenagers.
A young Charro gets ready for the national championship of Charreria. 27/07/18 Ezequiel Montes, Queretaro, Mexico.
Jeoffrey Guillemard
Jeoffrey Guillemard
France
Jeoffrey Guillemard was born in 1986 in Nancy, France. Since 2006 he has worked all over the American continent, primarily in Mexico, where he now lives. He started as a self-taught photographer and in 2014 he completed the EMI-CFD photojournalism training in Paris.
The Youth In Charreria
© Jeoffrey Guillemard
The Youth In Charreria
Evolving from traditions brought from Spain in the 16th century, the first charrerías were horse competitions in which workers from different haciendas in Mexico competed against one another. Today, such competitions are held throughout Mexico, one of which is reserved for children and teenagers.
Escaramuzas girls watch practice for the national championship of Charreria. 27/07/18 Ezequiel Montes, Queretaro, Mexico.
Jeoffrey Guillemard
Jeoffrey Guillemard
France
Jeoffrey Guillemard was born in 1986 in Nancy, France. Since 2006 he has worked all over the American continent, primarily in Mexico, where he now lives. He started as a self-taught photographer and in 2014 he completed the EMI-CFD photojournalism training in Paris.
The Youth In Charreria
© Jeoffrey Guillemard
The Youth In Charreria
Evolving from traditions brought from Spain in the 16th century, the first charrerías were horse competitions in which workers from different haciendas in Mexico competed against one another. Today, such competitions are held throughout Mexico, one of which is reserved for children and teenagers.
A young Escaramuza on her horse before competing at the national championship of Charreria. 26/07/18 Ezequiel Montes, Queretaro, Mexico.
Jeoffrey Guillemard
Jeoffrey Guillemard
France
Jeoffrey Guillemard was born in 1986 in Nancy, France. Since 2006 he has worked all over the American continent, primarily in Mexico, where he now lives. He started as a self-taught photographer and in 2014 he completed the EMI-CFD photojournalism training in Paris.
The Youth In Charreria
© Jeoffrey Guillemard
The Youth In Charreria
Evolving from traditions brought from Spain in the 16th century, the first charrerías were horse competitions in which workers from different haciendas in Mexico competed against one another. Today, such competitions are held throughout Mexico, one of which is reserved for children and teenagers.
A young Escaramuza at the national championship of Charreria. 27/07/18 Ezequiel Montes, Queretaro, Mexico.
Jeoffrey Guillemard
Jeoffrey Guillemard
France
Jeoffrey Guillemard was born in 1986 in Nancy, France. Since 2006 he has worked all over the American continent, primarily in Mexico, where he now lives. He started as a self-taught photographer and in 2014 he completed the EMI-CFD photojournalism training in Paris.
The Youth In Charreria
The Youth In Charreria
2nd place
© Pavel Volkov
The gang
A photo story depicting the life of football hooligan subculture.
Fans of Ural football team during a Ural-Lokomotiv football match are supporting their team with songs and the characteristic trappings of fans.
Павел Волков
Pavel Volkov
Russia
Born in 1987 in Russia. Graduated from Photofaculty of Yuri Galperin, a professional course for photo correspondents. He has won awards in a number of high-profile phtography contests. Pavel takes interest in projects related to social problems of Russian society. He is an author of several documentary projects about youth subcultures (football hooligans, fight clubs, street fighters), he also covered the events in Maidan, Crimea, and the south-east of Ukraine as well. His photos have been published in The Yew York Times lens blog, International New York Times, Der Spiegel, Washington Post, Harpers Magazine, Rolling Stones New York. He is a photojournalist for the Izvestia newspaper.
The gang
© Pavel Volkov
The gang
A photo story depicting the life of football hooligan subculture.
A clash between opposing gangs of football hooligans. It takes place in the city suburbs at a site chosen to avoid attracting the attention of the police.
Павел Волков
Pavel Volkov
Russia
Born in 1987 in Russia. Graduated from Photofaculty of Yuri Galperin, a professional course for photo correspondents. He has won awards in a number of high-profile phtography contests. Pavel takes interest in projects related to social problems of Russian society. He is an author of several documentary projects about youth subcultures (football hooligans, fight clubs, street fighters), he also covered the events in Maidan, Crimea, and the south-east of Ukraine as well. His photos have been published in The Yew York Times lens blog, International New York Times, Der Spiegel, Washington Post, Harpers Magazine, Rolling Stones New York. He is a photojournalist for the Izvestia newspaper.
The gang
© Pavel Volkov
The gang
A photo story depicting the life of football hooligan subculture.
Футбольные фанаты на концерте популярной в их среде группы «Яйца Фаберже».Football hooligans during a concert by Yaitsy Faberge , a group popular among them.Член группировки фанатов ФК «Урал» «Стальные монстры» демонстрирует у себя дома в Екатеринбурге флаг с названием и гербом клуба. Он берет этот флаг с собой на каждый матч.A member of the Steel Monster gang, which supports Ural football team, standing in his home in Yekaterinburg, displays a banner with the name and colors of his club. He always takes the banner with him to football matches.
Павел Волков
Pavel Volkov
Russia
Born in 1987 in Russia. Graduated from Photofaculty of Yuri Galperin, a professional course for photo correspondents. He has won awards in a number of high-profile phtography contests. Pavel takes interest in projects related to social problems of Russian society. He is an author of several documentary projects about youth subcultures (football hooligans, fight clubs, street fighters), he also covered the events in Maidan, Crimea, and the south-east of Ukraine as well. His photos have been published in The Yew York Times lens blog, International New York Times, Der Spiegel, Washington Post, Harpers Magazine, Rolling Stones New York. He is a photojournalist for the Izvestia newspaper.
The gang
© Pavel Volkov
The gang
A photo story depicting the life of football hooligan subculture.
A member of the Steel Monster gang, which supports Ural football team, standing in his home in Yekaterinburg, displays a banner with the name and colors of his club. He always takes the banner with him to football matches.
Павел Волков
Pavel Volkov
Russia
Born in 1987 in Russia. Graduated from Photofaculty of Yuri Galperin, a professional course for photo correspondents. He has won awards in a number of high-profile phtography contests. Pavel takes interest in projects related to social problems of Russian society. He is an author of several documentary projects about youth subcultures (football hooligans, fight clubs, street fighters), he also covered the events in Maidan, Crimea, and the south-east of Ukraine as well. His photos have been published in The Yew York Times lens blog, International New York Times, Der Spiegel, Washington Post, Harpers Magazine, Rolling Stones New York. He is a photojournalist for the Izvestia newspaper.
The gang
© Pavel Volkov
The gang
A photo story depicting the life of football hooligan subculture.
A fight in the center of the city.
Павел Волков
Pavel Volkov
Russia
Born in 1987 in Russia. Graduated from Photofaculty of Yuri Galperin, a professional course for photo correspondents. He has won awards in a number of high-profile phtography contests. Pavel takes interest in projects related to social problems of Russian society. He is an author of several documentary projects about youth subcultures (football hooligans, fight clubs, street fighters), he also covered the events in Maidan, Crimea, and the south-east of Ukraine as well. His photos have been published in The Yew York Times lens blog, International New York Times, Der Spiegel, Washington Post, Harpers Magazine, Rolling Stones New York. He is a photojournalist for the Izvestia newspaper.
The gang
© Pavel Volkov
The gang
A photo story depicting the life of football hooligan subculture.
A portrait of a football hooligan at home displaying his tattoos. He asked for his name and the identity of his football club to be kept secret.
Павел Волков
Pavel Volkov
Russia
Born in 1987 in Russia. Graduated from Photofaculty of Yuri Galperin, a professional course for photo correspondents. He has won awards in a number of high-profile phtography contests. Pavel takes interest in projects related to social problems of Russian society. He is an author of several documentary projects about youth subcultures (football hooligans, fight clubs, street fighters), he also covered the events in Maidan, Crimea, and the south-east of Ukraine as well. His photos have been published in The Yew York Times lens blog, International New York Times, Der Spiegel, Washington Post, Harpers Magazine, Rolling Stones New York. He is a photojournalist for the Izvestia newspaper.
The gang
© Pavel Volkov
The gang
A photo story depicting the life of football hooligan subculture.
Fans of Ural football team during the Ural-Lokomotiv football match are supporting their team with songs and the characteristic fan trappings.
Павел Волков
Pavel Volkov
Russia
Born in 1987 in Russia. Graduated from Photofaculty of Yuri Galperin, a professional course for photo correspondents. He has won awards in a number of high-profile phtography contests. Pavel takes interest in projects related to social problems of Russian society. He is an author of several documentary projects about youth subcultures (football hooligans, fight clubs, street fighters), he also covered the events in Maidan, Crimea, and the south-east of Ukraine as well. His photos have been published in The Yew York Times lens blog, International New York Times, Der Spiegel, Washington Post, Harpers Magazine, Rolling Stones New York. He is a photojournalist for the Izvestia newspaper.
The gang
© Pavel Volkov
The gang
A photo story depicting the life of football hooligan subculture.
Football fans watching a match while they have a drink in a bar.
Павел Волков
Pavel Volkov
Russia
Born in 1987 in Russia. Graduated from Photofaculty of Yuri Galperin, a professional course for photo correspondents. He has won awards in a number of high-profile phtography contests. Pavel takes interest in projects related to social problems of Russian society. He is an author of several documentary projects about youth subcultures (football hooligans, fight clubs, street fighters), he also covered the events in Maidan, Crimea, and the south-east of Ukraine as well. His photos have been published in The Yew York Times lens blog, International New York Times, Der Spiegel, Washington Post, Harpers Magazine, Rolling Stones New York. He is a photojournalist for the Izvestia newspaper.
The gang
© The gang
The gang
A photo story depicting the life of football hooligan subculture.
TGraffiti drawings, featuring the names of favorite clubs, have become a part of the football hooligan subculture. Fans consider it as one of their tasks, while the authorities, as vandalism. In the picture you can see members of the Steel Monster gang who support Ural football club. They are burning off the remains of the gas.
Павел Волков
Pavel Volkov
Russia
Born in 1987 in Russia. Graduated from Photofaculty of Yuri Galperin, a professional course for photo correspondents. He has won awards in a number of high-profile phtography contests. Pavel takes interest in projects related to social problems of Russian society. He is an author of several documentary projects about youth subcultures (football hooligans, fight clubs, street fighters), he also covered the events in Maidan, Crimea, and the south-east of Ukraine as well. His photos have been published in The Yew York Times lens blog, International New York Times, Der Spiegel, Washington Post, Harpers Magazine, Rolling Stones New York. He is a photojournalist for the Izvestia newspaper.
The gang
© Pavel Volkov
The gang
A photo story depicting the life of football hooligan subculture.
A football hooligan is injured in a fight before the game begins.
Павел Волков
Pavel Volkov
Russia
Born in 1987 in Russia. Graduated from Photofaculty of Yuri Galperin, a professional course for photo correspondents. He has won awards in a number of high-profile phtography contests. Pavel takes interest in projects related to social problems of Russian society. He is an author of several documentary projects about youth subcultures (football hooligans, fight clubs, street fighters), he also covered the events in Maidan, Crimea, and the south-east of Ukraine as well. His photos have been published in The Yew York Times lens blog, International New York Times, Der Spiegel, Washington Post, Harpers Magazine, Rolling Stones New York. He is a photojournalist for the Izvestia newspaper.
The gang
© Pavel Volkov
The gang
A photo story depicting the life of football hooligan subculture.
A clash between opposing gangs of football hooligans. It takes place in the city suburbs at a site chosen to avoid attracting the attention of the police.
Павел Волков
Pavel Volkov
Russia
Born in 1987 in Russia. Graduated from Photofaculty of Yuri Galperin, a professional course for photo correspondents. He has won awards in a number of high-profile phtography contests. Pavel takes interest in projects related to social problems of Russian society. He is an author of several documentary projects about youth subcultures (football hooligans, fight clubs, street fighters), he also covered the events in Maidan, Crimea, and the south-east of Ukraine as well. His photos have been published in The Yew York Times lens blog, International New York Times, Der Spiegel, Washington Post, Harpers Magazine, Rolling Stones New York. He is a photojournalist for the Izvestia newspaper.
The gang
© Pavel Volkov
The gang
A photo story depicting the life of football hooligan subculture.
A football hooligan is detained by police. Clashes broke out between gangs of football hooligans during a match. Riot police were deployed to calm them down.
Павел Волков
Pavel Volkov
Russia
Born in 1987 in Russia. Graduated from Photofaculty of Yuri Galperin, a professional course for photo correspondents. He has won awards in a number of high-profile phtography contests. Pavel takes interest in projects related to social problems of Russian society. He is an author of several documentary projects about youth subcultures (football hooligans, fight clubs, street fighters), he also covered the events in Maidan, Crimea, and the south-east of Ukraine as well. His photos have been published in The Yew York Times lens blog, International New York Times, Der Spiegel, Washington Post, Harpers Magazine, Rolling Stones New York. He is a photojournalist for the Izvestia newspaper.
The gang
The gang
3rd place
© Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
Kirkipinar is a Turkish oil-wrestling tournament dating back more than 660 years. It is held annually over three days, usually in July, near Erdine, a city in the northwest of Turkey. Wrestlers (‘pehlivan’) wearing leather breeches (‘kispet’) compete on grass, after being covered with oil.
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Turkey
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu was born in Rize, Turkey in 1986. She graduated from Yildiz Technical University in 2014 and began working as a freelance photographer. She is now an Anadolu Agency photojournalist based in Istanbul.
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
© Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
Kirkipinar is a Turkish oil-wrestling tournament dating back more than 660 years. It is held annually over three days, usually in July, near Erdine, a city in the northwest of Turkey. Wrestlers (‘pehlivan’) wearing leather breeches (‘kispet’) compete on grass, after being covered with oil.
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Turkey
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu was born in Rize, Turkey in 1986. She graduated from Yildiz Technical University in 2014 and began working as a freelance photographer. She is now an Anadolu Agency photojournalist based in Istanbul.
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
© Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
Kirkipinar is a Turkish oil-wrestling tournament dating back more than 660 years. It is held annually over three days, usually in July, near Erdine, a city in the northwest of Turkey. Wrestlers (‘pehlivan’) wearing leather breeches (‘kispet’) compete on grass, after being covered with oil.
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Turkey
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu was born in Rize, Turkey in 1986. She graduated from Yildiz Technical University in 2014 and began working as a freelance photographer. She is now an Anadolu Agency photojournalist based in Istanbul.
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
© Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
Kirkipinar is a Turkish oil-wrestling tournament dating back more than 660 years. It is held annually over three days, usually in July, near Erdine, a city in the northwest of Turkey. Wrestlers (‘pehlivan’) wearing leather breeches (‘kispet’) compete on grass, after being covered with oil.
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Turkey
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu was born in Rize, Turkey in 1986. She graduated from Yildiz Technical University in 2014 and began working as a freelance photographer. She is now an Anadolu Agency photojournalist based in Istanbul.
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
© Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
Kirkipinar is a Turkish oil-wrestling tournament dating back more than 660 years. It is held annually over three days, usually in July, near Erdine, a city in the northwest of Turkey. Wrestlers (‘pehlivan’) wearing leather breeches (‘kispet’) compete on grass, after being covered with oil.
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Turkey
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu was born in Rize, Turkey in 1986. She graduated from Yildiz Technical University in 2014 and began working as a freelance photographer. She is now an Anadolu Agency photojournalist based in Istanbul.
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
© Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
Kirkipinar is a Turkish oil-wrestling tournament dating back more than 660 years. It is held annually over three days, usually in July, near Erdine, a city in the northwest of Turkey. Wrestlers (‘pehlivan’) wearing leather breeches (‘kispet’) compete on grass, after being covered with oil.
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Turkey
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu was born in Rize, Turkey in 1986. She graduated from Yildiz Technical University in 2014 and began working as a freelance photographer. She is now an Anadolu Agency photojournalist based in Istanbul.
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
© Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
Kirkipinar is a Turkish oil-wrestling tournament dating back more than 660 years. It is held annually over three days, usually in July, near Erdine, a city in the northwest of Turkey. Wrestlers (‘pehlivan’) wearing leather breeches (‘kispet’) compete on grass, after being covered with oil.
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Turkey
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu was born in Rize, Turkey in 1986. She graduated from Yildiz Technical University in 2014 and began working as a freelance photographer. She is now an Anadolu Agency photojournalist based in Istanbul.
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
© Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
Kirkipinar is a Turkish oil-wrestling tournament dating back more than 660 years. It is held annually over three days, usually in July, near Erdine, a city in the northwest of Turkey. Wrestlers (‘pehlivan’) wearing leather breeches (‘kispet’) compete on grass, after being covered with oil.
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Turkey
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu was born in Rize, Turkey in 1986. She graduated from Yildiz Technical University in 2014 and began working as a freelance photographer. She is now an Anadolu Agency photojournalist based in Istanbul.
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
© Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
Kirkipinar is a Turkish oil-wrestling tournament dating back more than 660 years. It is held annually over three days, usually in July, near Erdine, a city in the northwest of Turkey. Wrestlers (‘pehlivan’) wearing leather breeches (‘kispet’) compete on grass, after being covered with oil.
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Turkey
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu was born in Rize, Turkey in 1986. She graduated from Yildiz Technical University in 2014 and began working as a freelance photographer. She is now an Anadolu Agency photojournalist based in Istanbul.
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
© Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
Kirkipinar is a Turkish oil-wrestling tournament dating back more than 660 years. It is held annually over three days, usually in July, near Erdine, a city in the northwest of Turkey. Wrestlers (‘pehlivan’) wearing leather breeches (‘kispet’) compete on grass, after being covered with oil.
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Turkey
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu was born in Rize, Turkey in 1986. She graduated from Yildiz Technical University in 2014 and began working as a freelance photographer. She is now an Anadolu Agency photojournalist based in Istanbul.
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
© Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
Kirkipinar is a Turkish oil-wrestling tournament dating back more than 660 years. It is held annually over three days, usually in July, near Erdine, a city in the northwest of Turkey. Wrestlers (‘pehlivan’) wearing leather breeches (‘kispet’) compete on grass, after being covered with oil.
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu
Turkey
Elif Ozturk Ozgoncu was born in Rize, Turkey in 1986. She graduated from Yildiz Technical University in 2014 and began working as a freelance photographer. She is now an Anadolu Agency photojournalist based in Istanbul.
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival
Jury Honorable Mention
© Fyodor Telkov
Hunting with dogs
Before 1905, dog hunting was an entertainment for rich people. Now it is an exotic sport for a small number of enthusiasts. For them it is a chance to immerse themselves in history, spend time outdoors, train dogs and compete with other hunters in a contest of skill and luck.
Small wooded areas in fields serve as hunting grounds.
Федор Телков
Fyodor Telkov
Russia
Born in Nizhny Tagil, Russia in 1986, Fyodor Telkov is a photographer, a project supervisor and since 2008, a member of the Russian Union of Photo Artists. He graduated from the Artistic Graphics Department of the Nizhny Tagil State Social and Pedagogical Academy. He is currently based in Yekaterinburg.
Hunting with dogs
© Fyodor Telkov
Hunting with dogs
Before 1905, dog hunting was an entertainment for rich people. Now it is an exotic sport for a small number of enthusiasts. For them it is a chance to immerse themselves in history, spend time outdoors, train dogs and compete with other hunters in a contest of skill and luck.
Hunters designate locations where they will be standing with dogs.
Федор Телков
Fyodor Telkov
Russia
Born in Nizhny Tagil, Russia in 1986, Fyodor Telkov is a photographer, a project supervisor and since 2008, a member of the Russian Union of Photo Artists. He graduated from the Artistic Graphics Department of the Nizhny Tagil State Social and Pedagogical Academy. He is currently based in Yekaterinburg.
Hunting with dogs
© Fyodor Telkov
Hunting with dogs
Before 1905, dog hunting was an entertainment for rich people. Now it is an exotic sport for a small number of enthusiasts. For them it is a chance to immerse themselves in history, spend time outdoors, train dogs and compete with other hunters in a contest of skill and luck.
A portrait of two hounds.
Федор Телков
Fyodor Telkov
Russia
Born in Nizhny Tagil, Russia in 1986, Fyodor Telkov is a photographer, a project supervisor and since 2008, a member of the Russian Union of Photo Artists. He graduated from the Artistic Graphics Department of the Nizhny Tagil State Social and Pedagogical Academy. He is currently based in Yekaterinburg.
Hunting with dogs
© Fyodor Telkov
Hunting with dogs
Before 1905, dog hunting was an entertainment for rich people. Now it is an exotic sport for a small number of enthusiasts. For them it is a chance to immerse themselves in history, spend time outdoors, train dogs and compete with other hunters in a contest of skill and luck.
A woman hunter with her hounds.
Федор Телков
Fyodor Telkov
Russia
Born in Nizhny Tagil, Russia in 1986, Fyodor Telkov is a photographer, a project supervisor and since 2008, a member of the Russian Union of Photo Artists. He graduated from the Artistic Graphics Department of the Nizhny Tagil State Social and Pedagogical Academy. He is currently based in Yekaterinburg.
Hunting with dogs
© Fyodor Telkov
Hunting with dogs
Before 1905, dog hunting was an entertainment for rich people. Now it is an exotic sport for a small number of enthusiasts. For them it is a chance to immerse themselves in history, spend time outdoors, train dogs and compete with other hunters in a contest of skill and luck.
A hunter with his hounds.
Федор Телков
Fyodor Telkov
Russia
Born in Nizhny Tagil, Russia in 1986, Fyodor Telkov is a photographer, a project supervisor and since 2008, a member of the Russian Union of Photo Artists. He graduated from the Artistic Graphics Department of the Nizhny Tagil State Social and Pedagogical Academy. He is currently based in Yekaterinburg.
Hunting with dogs
© Fyodor Telkov
Hunting with dogs
Before 1905, dog hunting was an entertainment for rich people. Now it is an exotic sport for a small number of enthusiasts. For them it is a chance to immerse themselves in history, spend time outdoors, train dogs and compete with other hunters in a contest of skill and luck.
Hunters scour the field in search of a hare.
Федор Телков
Fyodor Telkov
Russia
Born in Nizhny Tagil, Russia in 1986, Fyodor Telkov is a photographer, a project supervisor and since 2008, a member of the Russian Union of Photo Artists. He graduated from the Artistic Graphics Department of the Nizhny Tagil State Social and Pedagogical Academy. He is currently based in Yekaterinburg.
Hunting with dogs
© Fyodor Telkov
Hunting with dogs
Before 1905, dog hunting was an entertainment for rich people. Now it is an exotic sport for a small number of enthusiasts. For them it is a chance to immerse themselves in history, spend time outdoors, train dogs and compete with other hunters in a contest of skill and luck.
Portrait of a hunting beater.
Федор Телков
Fyodor Telkov
Russia
Born in Nizhny Tagil, Russia in 1986, Fyodor Telkov is a photographer, a project supervisor and since 2008, a member of the Russian Union of Photo Artists. He graduated from the Artistic Graphics Department of the Nizhny Tagil State Social and Pedagogical Academy. He is currently based in Yekaterinburg.
Hunting with dogs
© Fyodor Telkov
Hunting with dogs
Before 1905, dog hunting was an entertainment for rich people. Now it is an exotic sport for a small number of enthusiasts. For them it is a chance to immerse themselves in history, spend time outdoors, train dogs and compete with other hunters in a contest of skill and luck.
Dogs sniffing a hare.
Федор Телков
Fyodor Telkov
Russia
Born in Nizhny Tagil, Russia in 1986, Fyodor Telkov is a photographer, a project supervisor and since 2008, a member of the Russian Union of Photo Artists. He graduated from the Artistic Graphics Department of the Nizhny Tagil State Social and Pedagogical Academy. He is currently based in Yekaterinburg.
Hunting with dogs
© Fyodor Telkov
Hunting with dogs
Before 1905, dog hunting was an entertainment for rich people. Now it is an exotic sport for a small number of enthusiasts. For them it is a chance to immerse themselves in history, spend time outdoors, train dogs and compete with other hunters in a contest of skill and luck.
Hunters taking a rest...
Федор Телков
Fyodor Telkov
Russia
Born in Nizhny Tagil, Russia in 1986, Fyodor Telkov is a photographer, a project supervisor and since 2008, a member of the Russian Union of Photo Artists. He graduated from the Artistic Graphics Department of the Nizhny Tagil State Social and Pedagogical Academy. He is currently based in Yekaterinburg.
Hunting with dogs
© Fyodor Telkov
Hunting with dogs
Before 1905, dog hunting was an entertainment for rich people. Now it is an exotic sport for a small number of enthusiasts. For them it is a chance to immerse themselves in history, spend time outdoors, train dogs and compete with other hunters in a contest of skill and luck.
Dogs are taken to the hunting grounds in a car trunk.
Федор Телков
Fyodor Telkov
Russia
Born in Nizhny Tagil, Russia in 1986, Fyodor Telkov is a photographer, a project supervisor and since 2008, a member of the Russian Union of Photo Artists. He graduated from the Artistic Graphics Department of the Nizhny Tagil State Social and Pedagogical Academy. He is currently based in Yekaterinburg.
Hunting with dogs
© Fyodor Telkov
Hunting with dogs
Before 1905, dog hunting was an entertainment for rich people. Now it is an exotic sport for a small number of enthusiasts. For them it is a chance to immerse themselves in history, spend time outdoors, train dogs and compete with other hunters in a contest of skill and luck.
A drawing in a hunter’s home.
Федор Телков
Fyodor Telkov
Russia
Born in Nizhny Tagil, Russia in 1986, Fyodor Telkov is a photographer, a project supervisor and since 2008, a member of the Russian Union of Photo Artists. He graduated from the Artistic Graphics Department of the Nizhny Tagil State Social and Pedagogical Academy. He is currently based in Yekaterinburg.
Hunting with dogs
Hunting with dogs
Jury Honorable Mention
Single
© Justin Sullivan
Disconnection
An aerial view of an African Elephant poached for Ivory in Northern Botswana. Poachers used a chainsaw to cut off the trunk and tusks, just 20 minutes away from a nearby camp. Poaching in Botswana is increasing rapidly, with an estimated increase of carcasses by 593% in the Northern parts of the country from 2014 to 2018.
An aerial view of an African Elephant poached for ivory. Poachers used a chainsaw to cut off the trunk and tusks, just 20 minutes away from a nearby camp. Poaching in Botswana is reaching unprecedented levels with rare intervention from the government in the northern parts of the country.
Justin Sullivan
Justin Sullivan
South Africa
Justin Sullivan was born in the small town of Eshowe, South Africa. After completing secondary schooling at Michaelhouse in Kwa-Zulu Natal, he studied Development & Environmental Studies at the University of Stellenbosch - completing majors in Geography & Environmental Studies, Public & Development Management, and a half-major in Sociology.
Disconnection
Disconnection
1st place
© Azim Khan Ronnie
World's biggest refugee camp
These incredible aerial photographs capture thousands of makeshift homes in the world's largest refugee camp. The array of red, green and white homes, which house more than 1,000,000 refugees fleeing terrifying violence, can be seen sprawling for miles in these amazing drone shots.
These incredible aerial photographs capture thousands of makeshift homes in the world's largest refugee camp. The array of red, green and white homes, which house more than 1,000,000 refugees fleeing terrifying violence, can be seen sprawling for miles in these amazing drone shots.
Azim Khan Ronnie
Azim Khan Ronnie
Bangladesh
Azim Khan Ronnie was born in Dhaka and brought up in Bogra, Bangladesh. He has always had a passion for photography. As a photographer, his essential aim is to capture moments in life and give them significance by making them static in time.
World's biggest refugee camp
World's biggest refugee camp
2nd place
© Aleksandra Bardas
Sweet Salt of Emptiness
Muynak. This was once a port on the Aral Sea. Today there are abandoned ships left stranded in what is now а desert.
Muynak. This was once a port on the Aral Sea. Today there are abandoned ships left stranded in what is now а desert.
Aleksandra Bardas
Aleksandra Bardas
Germany
Aleksandra Bardas was born in Tashkent in 1988. In 2013−2018 she studied for a Bachelor’s degree in photography at FH Dortmund in Germany, before gaining a Master’s in 2019. Her work has been published in International Photography Magazine 2018.
Sweet Salt of Emptiness
Sweet Salt of Emptiness
3rd place
© Alexei Malgavko
Winter holidays
Vacationers at the Ai-Petri Plateau in Crimea during New Year’s holidays.
Vacationers at the Ai-Petri Plateau in Crimea during New Year’s holidays.
Алексей Мальгавко
Alexei Malgavko
Russia
Alexei was born in 1985 in Russia. Graduated from Omsk State pedagogical university. He has develop his interest in photography since childhood. The main theme in Alexei's work is Russian provincial life. He worked for "Tarskoe Priirtishye", and also collaborated with RIA Novosti, ITAR-TASS, Reuters, AFP, BBC. Alexei works as a staff photo correspondent for Rossiya Segodnya in Omsk region. He has taken part in a various documentary and art photo contests and exibitions.
Winter holidays
Winter holidays
Jury Honorable Mention
Series
© Alexei Vasilyev
My Yakutia
Yakutia is the largest Russian region, but it is almost unexplored. The winter lasts the longest here: there is snow and the temperature stays below zero from October to mid-April. The remoteness and harsh climate determine the culture and way of life of the locals.
A woman buying food at a kiosk outside an apartment building in Yakutsk. The foundations of buildings here are built on stilts so that the heat emanating from them does not melt the permafrost.
Alexei Vasilyev
Alexei Vasilyev
Russia
Alexei was born in Yakutsk. In 2008, he graduated from Yakutsk State University with a degree in philology. Since 2010, he has been working at Keskil’s Yunost Severa children’s newspaper. In 2017, Alexei became a member of the Russian Union of Art Photographers.
My Yakutia
© Alexei Vasilyev
My Yakutia
Yakutia is the largest Russian region, but it is almost unexplored. The winter lasts the longest here: there is snow and the temperature stays below zero from October to mid-April. The remoteness and harsh climate determine the culture and way of life of the locals.
Cutters at Sardaana Factory sort deer skins for “unty” − fur boots of the Russian North.
Alexei Vasilyev
Alexei Vasilyev
Russia
Alexei was born in Yakutsk. In 2008, he graduated from Yakutsk State University with a degree in philology. Since 2010, he has been working at Keskil’s Yunost Severa children’s newspaper. In 2017, Alexei became a member of the Russian Union of Art Photographers.
My Yakutia
© Alexei Vasilyev
My Yakutia
Yakutia is the largest Russian region, but it is almost unexplored. The winter lasts the longest here: there is snow and the temperature stays below zero from October to mid-April. The remoteness and harsh climate determine the culture and way of life of the locals.
People at a bus stop waiting for a regular bus.
Alexei Vasilyev
Alexei Vasilyev
Russia
Alexei was born in Yakutsk. In 2008, he graduated from Yakutsk State University with a degree in philology. Since 2010, he has been working at Keskil’s Yunost Severa children’s newspaper. In 2017, Alexei became a member of the Russian Union of Art Photographers.
My Yakutia
© Alexei Vasilyev
My Yakutia
Yakutia is the largest Russian region, but it is almost unexplored. The winter lasts the longest here: there is snow and the temperature stays below zero from October to mid-April. The remoteness and harsh climate determine the culture and way of life of the locals.
A sculpture of a mammoth in the parking area of the Museum of Russian History.
Alexei Vasilyev
Alexei Vasilyev
Russia
Alexei was born in Yakutsk. In 2008, he graduated from Yakutsk State University with a degree in philology. Since 2010, he has been working at Keskil’s Yunost Severa children’s newspaper. In 2017, Alexei became a member of the Russian Union of Art Photographers.
My Yakutia
© Alexei Vasilyev
My Yakutia
Yakutia is the largest Russian region, but it is almost unexplored. The winter lasts the longest here: there is snow and the temperature stays below zero from October to mid-April. The remoteness and harsh climate determine the culture and way of life of the locals.
Students skate on Lake Shchors.
Alexei Vasilyev
Alexei Vasilyev
Russia
Alexei was born in Yakutsk. In 2008, he graduated from Yakutsk State University with a degree in philology. Since 2010, he has been working at Keskil’s Yunost Severa children’s newspaper. In 2017, Alexei became a member of the Russian Union of Art Photographers.
My Yakutia
© Alexei Vasilyev
My Yakutia
Yakutia is the largest Russian region, but it is almost unexplored. The winter lasts the longest here: there is snow and the temperature stays below zero from October to mid-April. The remoteness and harsh climate determine the culture and way of life of the locals.
A young couple, Vanya and Inna, rest at home after a working day.
Alexei Vasilyev
Alexei Vasilyev
Russia
Alexei was born in Yakutsk. In 2008, he graduated from Yakutsk State University with a degree in philology. Since 2010, he has been working at Keskil’s Yunost Severa children’s newspaper. In 2017, Alexei became a member of the Russian Union of Art Photographers.
My Yakutia
© Alexei Vasilyev
My Yakutia
Yakutia is the largest Russian region, but it is almost unexplored. The winter lasts the longest here: there is snow and the temperature stays below zero from October to mid-April. The remoteness and harsh climate determine the culture and way of life of the locals.
Local people having fun on Ordzhonikidze Square in Yakutsk during the New Year holidays.
Alexei Vasilyev
Alexei Vasilyev
Russia
Alexei was born in Yakutsk. In 2008, he graduated from Yakutsk State University with a degree in philology. Since 2010, he has been working at Keskil’s Yunost Severa children’s newspaper. In 2017, Alexei became a member of the Russian Union of Art Photographers.
My Yakutia
© Alexei Vasilyev
My Yakutia
Yakutia is the largest Russian region, but it is almost unexplored. The winter lasts the longest here: there is snow and the temperature stays below zero from October to mid-April. The remoteness and harsh climate determine the culture and way of life of the locals.
Huge ice floes on the city beach in Yakutsk after the spring flood.
Alexei Vasilyev
Alexei Vasilyev
Russia
Alexei was born in Yakutsk. In 2008, he graduated from Yakutsk State University with a degree in philology. Since 2010, he has been working at Keskil’s Yunost Severa children’s newspaper. In 2017, Alexei became a member of the Russian Union of Art Photographers.
My Yakutia
© Alexei Vasilyev
My Yakutia
Yakutia is the largest Russian region, but it is almost unexplored. The winter lasts the longest here: there is snow and the temperature stays below zero from October to mid-April. The remoteness and harsh climate determine the culture and way of life of the locals.
A playground in one of the courtyards in Yakutsk.
Alexei Vasilyev
Alexei Vasilyev
Russia
Alexei was born in Yakutsk. In 2008, he graduated from Yakutsk State University with a degree in philology. Since 2010, he has been working at Keskil’s Yunost Severa children’s newspaper. In 2017, Alexei became a member of the Russian Union of Art Photographers.
My Yakutia
© Alexei Vasilyev
My Yakutia
Yakutia is the largest Russian region, but it is almost unexplored. The winter lasts the longest here: there is snow and the temperature stays below zero from October to mid-April. The remoteness and harsh climate determine the culture and way of life of the locals.
Participants in the annual patriotic military-style marching and singing contest among Yakutsk schools.
Alexei Vasilyev
Alexei Vasilyev
Russia
Alexei was born in Yakutsk. In 2008, he graduated from Yakutsk State University with a degree in philology. Since 2010, he has been working at Keskil’s Yunost Severa children’s newspaper. In 2017, Alexei became a member of the Russian Union of Art Photographers.
My Yakutia
© Alexei Vasilyev
My Yakutia
Yakutia is the largest Russian region, but it is almost unexplored. The winter lasts the longest here: there is snow and the temperature stays below zero from October to mid-April. The remoteness and harsh climate determine the culture and way of life of the locals.
Freestyle wrestler Ivan Nikolaev, 16, poses for photograps in the foyer of his Olympic Reserve School. Wrestling is one of the most popular sports in Yakutia.
Alexei Vasilyev
Alexei Vasilyev
Russia
Alexei was born in Yakutsk. In 2008, he graduated from Yakutsk State University with a degree in philology. Since 2010, he has been working at Keskil’s Yunost Severa children’s newspaper. In 2017, Alexei became a member of the Russian Union of Art Photographers.
My Yakutia
© Alexei Vasilyev
My Yakutia
Yakutia is the largest Russian region, but it is almost unexplored. The winter lasts the longest here: there is snow and the temperature stays below zero from October to mid-April. The remoteness and harsh climate determine the culture and way of life of the locals.
Women wearing traditional Yakut dresses getting ready for the opening ceremony of Yhyаkh – Yakutia’s major traditional holiday.
Alexei Vasilyev
Alexei Vasilyev
Russia
Alexei was born in Yakutsk. In 2008, he graduated from Yakutsk State University with a degree in philology. Since 2010, he has been working at Keskil’s Yunost Severa children’s newspaper. In 2017, Alexei became a member of the Russian Union of Art Photographers.
My Yakutia
My Yakutia
1st place, Special Prize by Shanghai United Media Group
© Alyona Shilonosova
The Street of Blind
Rusinovo is a street of blind and visually impaired people on the outskirts of the city of Yermolino, Kaluga Region. Until 1995, it was a separate village where visually impaired people were sent from various regions of the Soviet Union. There are 115 blind or visually impaired residents in Rusinovo now.
Viktor Solovyov.In 1942, Viktor Solovyov’s house in the village of Prudishchi, Kaluga Region, was bombed. The entire family was wounded by shards of glass. Solovyov had residual vision after the incident, and he eventually lost his sight completely.
Alyona Shilonosova
Alyona Shilonosova
Russia
Born in Chelyabinsk, Alyona now lives in St. Petersburg. She has a degree in marketing. She is currently a student at the Dokdokdok school of contemporary photography.
The Street of Blind
© Alyona Shilonosova
The Street of Blind
Rusinovo is a street of blind and visually impaired people on the outskirts of the city of Yermolino, Kaluga Region. Until 1995, it was a separate village where visually impaired people were sent from various regions of the Soviet Union. There are 115 blind or visually impaired residents in Rusinovo now.
Workshop for the visually impaired.The workshop for the visually impaired at RUSiNovoPak company assembles pipettes and is considered a loss-making part of the firm. In a shop next to them, people without disabilities produce cardboard, which covers the company’s losses.
Alyona Shilonosova
Alyona Shilonosova
Russia
Born in Chelyabinsk, Alyona now lives in St. Petersburg. She has a degree in marketing. She is currently a student at the Dokdokdok school of contemporary photography.
The Street of Blind
© Alyona Shilonosova
The Street of Blind
Rusinovo is a street of blind and visually impaired people on the outskirts of the city of Yermolino, Kaluga Region. Until 1995, it was a separate village where visually impaired people were sent from various regions of the Soviet Union. There are 115 blind or visually impaired residents in Rusinovo now.
Natalya Belopukhova.The workshop for the visually impaired at RUSiNovoPak company assembles pipettes and is considered a loss-making part of the firm. In a shop next to them, people without disabilities produce cardboard, which covers the company’s losses.
Alyona Shilonosova
Alyona Shilonosova
Russia
Born in Chelyabinsk, Alyona now lives in St. Petersburg. She has a degree in marketing. She is currently a student at the Dokdokdok school of contemporary photography.
The Street of Blind
© Alyona Shilonosova
The Street of Blind
Rusinovo is a street of blind and visually impaired people on the outskirts of the city of Yermolino, Kaluga Region. Until 1995, it was a separate village where visually impaired people were sent from various regions of the Soviet Union. There are 115 blind or visually impaired residents in Rusinovo now.
Alexander Rakovich.Alexander Rakovich chairs the Society of the Blind in the Borovsky District. He lost his eyesight at the age of 5 due to complications from the flu. He works in Rusinovo and lives in the neighboring town of Balabanovo, where he also does business.
Alyona Shilonosova
Alyona Shilonosova
Russia
Born in Chelyabinsk, Alyona now lives in St. Petersburg. She has a degree in marketing. She is currently a student at the Dokdokdok school of contemporary photography.
The Street of Blind
© Alyona Shilonosova
The Street of Blind
Rusinovo is a street of blind and visually impaired people on the outskirts of the city of Yermolino, Kaluga Region. Until 1995, it was a separate village where visually impaired people were sent from various regions of the Soviet Union. There are 115 blind or visually impaired residents in Rusinovo now.
Greenhouses in Rusinovo.On the opposite side of the street from the workshop for the blind there are greenhouses where flowers are grown. Only non-disabled people work there.
Alyona Shilonosova
Alyona Shilonosova
Russia
Born in Chelyabinsk, Alyona now lives in St. Petersburg. She has a degree in marketing. She is currently a student at the Dokdokdok school of contemporary photography.
The Street of Blind
© Alyona Shilonosova
The Street of Blind
Rusinovo is a street of blind and visually impaired people on the outskirts of the city of Yermolino, Kaluga Region. Until 1995, it was a separate village where visually impaired people were sent from various regions of the Soviet Union. There are 115 blind or visually impaired residents in Rusinovo now.
Sergei Ivanov.Sergei Ivanov has been blind since birth: a genetic disorder he inherited from his father. When Sergei is asked whether he has ever wanted to be able to see, he replies – how can I want something I know nothing about?
Alyona Shilonosova
Alyona Shilonosova
Russia
Born in Chelyabinsk, Alyona now lives in St. Petersburg. She has a degree in marketing. She is currently a student at the Dokdokdok school of contemporary photography.
The Street of Blind
© Alyona Shilonosova
The Street of Blind
Rusinovo is a street of blind and visually impaired people on the outskirts of the city of Yermolino, Kaluga Region. Until 1995, it was a separate village where visually impaired people were sent from various regions of the Soviet Union. There are 115 blind or visually impaired residents in Rusinovo now.
Agadzhan Khanov.Agadzhan Khanov has lived in Rusinovo since the age of 23. He lost his eyesight after an accident.
Alyona Shilonosova
Alyona Shilonosova
Russia
Born in Chelyabinsk, Alyona now lives in St. Petersburg. She has a degree in marketing. She is currently a student at the Dokdokdok school of contemporary photography.
The Street of Blind
© Alyona Shilonosova
The Street of Blind
Rusinovo is a street of blind and visually impaired people on the outskirts of the city of Yermolino, Kaluga Region. Until 1995, it was a separate village where visually impaired people were sent from various regions of the Soviet Union. There are 115 blind or visually impaired residents in Rusinovo now.
Outdoor landmarks for visually impaired people.A 3 km long handrail has been installed along the street of high-rise buildings, and rubber lanes serve as a guide at the plant.
Alyona Shilonosova
Alyona Shilonosova
Russia
Born in Chelyabinsk, Alyona now lives in St. Petersburg. She has a degree in marketing. She is currently a student at the Dokdokdok school of contemporary photography.
The Street of Blind
© Alyona Shilonosova
The Street of Blind
Rusinovo is a street of blind and visually impaired people on the outskirts of the city of Yermolino, Kaluga Region. Until 1995, it was a separate village where visually impaired people were sent from various regions of the Soviet Union. There are 115 blind or visually impaired residents in Rusinovo now.
Ping-pong for the blind and visually impaired.Showdown, the applied table tennis for the visually impaired, resembles air hockey, only the players are guided by ear and touch. An eye patch equalizes the chances for participants with residual vision and those who are fully blind.
Alyona Shilonosova
Alyona Shilonosova
Russia
Born in Chelyabinsk, Alyona now lives in St. Petersburg. She has a degree in marketing. She is currently a student at the Dokdokdok school of contemporary photography.
The Street of Blind
© Alyona Shilonosova
The Street of Blind
Rusinovo is a street of blind and visually impaired people on the outskirts of the city of Yermolino, Kaluga Region. Until 1995, it was a separate village where visually impaired people were sent from various regions of the Soviet Union. There are 115 blind or visually impaired residents in Rusinovo now.
Praskovya Mareyeva.Praskovya Mareyeva lost her eyesight at the age of 14, when a mine or a shell exploded next to her during a Nazi attack on the village of Davydovo, Kaluga Region, in 1943. Her sister died, and Praskovya completely lost her vision.
Alyona Shilonosova
Alyona Shilonosova
Russia
Born in Chelyabinsk, Alyona now lives in St. Petersburg. She has a degree in marketing. She is currently a student at the Dokdokdok school of contemporary photography.
The Street of Blind
© Alyona Shilonosova
The Street of Blind
Rusinovo is a street of blind and visually impaired people on the outskirts of the city of Yermolino, Kaluga Region. Until 1995, it was a separate village where visually impaired people were sent from various regions of the Soviet Union. There are 115 blind or visually impaired residents in Rusinovo now.
The light from the greenhouses illuminates the entire street .The blind and visually impaired people live in several five-story buildings; private houses are located at the end of the street where it looks like an ordinary village. People with disabilities are well aware of where everything is; they get to shops, to the workshop, or to the post office independently.
Alyona Shilonosova
Alyona Shilonosova
Russia
Born in Chelyabinsk, Alyona now lives in St. Petersburg. She has a degree in marketing. She is currently a student at the Dokdokdok school of contemporary photography.
The Street of Blind
© Alyona Shilonosova
The Street of Blind
Rusinovo is a street of blind and visually impaired people on the outskirts of the city of Yermolino, Kaluga Region. Until 1995, it was a separate village where visually impaired people were sent from various regions of the Soviet Union. There are 115 blind or visually impaired residents in Rusinovo now.
Assembly hall at the plant.The plant has an assembly hall from the Soviet times, where a choir of blind people has been practicing for many years. There is also a library and a gym.
Alyona Shilonosova
Alyona Shilonosova
Russia
Born in Chelyabinsk, Alyona now lives in St. Petersburg. She has a degree in marketing. She is currently a student at the Dokdokdok school of contemporary photography.
The Street of Blind
The Street of Blind
2nd place
© Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Death of Bangladeshi Cinema
An overview of the deterioration of cinema halls in Bangladesh due to a general decline in the country’s film industry. Halls are closing because of a drastic decrease in attendance over the last 10 years. The number of halls in operation has dwindled from over 1,200 to to a mere 300 throughout the country.
An empty movie theater in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The theaters look much like this even during screenings, with only a handful watching. This particular hall could seat 1,077 people but only 10-20 show up for each screening.
Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Bangladesh
Aneek Mustafa Anwar is a documentary and portrait photographer based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His work focuses on humanitarian social issues, consumerism, the effects of social media on society and urbanization in Southeast Asia.
Death of Bangladeshi Cinema
© Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Death of Bangladeshi Cinema
An overview of the deterioration of cinema halls in Bangladesh due to a general decline in the country’s film industry. Halls are closing because of a drastic decrease in attendance over the last 10 years. The number of halls in operation has dwindled from over 1,200 to to a mere 300 throughout the country.
Once, cinema halls had elaborately decorated lounges with luxurious settings for their patrons. But, most of them have become empty and very Spartan in decor to save expenses.
Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Bangladesh
Aneek Mustafa Anwar is a documentary and portrait photographer based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His work focuses on humanitarian social issues, consumerism, the effects of social media on society and urbanization in Southeast Asia.
Death of Bangladeshi Cinema
© Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Death of Bangladeshi Cinema
An overview of the deterioration of cinema halls in Bangladesh due to a general decline in the country’s film industry. Halls are closing because of a drastic decrease in attendance over the last 10 years. The number of halls in operation has dwindled from over 1,200 to to a mere 300 throughout the country.
A part of a wall decorated with mirrors is seen in a cinema hall in Dhaka. Mirrors, chandeliers and decorative lighting were once a common sight in Bangladeshi cinema halls.
Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Bangladesh
Aneek Mustafa Anwar is a documentary and portrait photographer based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His work focuses on humanitarian social issues, consumerism, the effects of social media on society and urbanization in Southeast Asia.
Death of Bangladeshi Cinema
© Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Death of Bangladeshi Cinema
An overview of the deterioration of cinema halls in Bangladesh due to a general decline in the country’s film industry. Halls are closing because of a drastic decrease in attendance over the last 10 years. The number of halls in operation has dwindled from over 1,200 to to a mere 300 throughout the country.
The projectionist at a cinema hall in Dhaka sits idly as the show goes on. Cinema halls have moved from celluloid projection systems to modern digital projectors. But, the improvement in technology hasn’t necessarily translated into business success for the halls.
Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Bangladesh
Aneek Mustafa Anwar is a documentary and portrait photographer based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His work focuses on humanitarian social issues, consumerism, the effects of social media on society and urbanization in Southeast Asia.
Death of Bangladeshi Cinema
© Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Death of Bangladeshi Cinema
An overview of the deterioration of cinema halls in Bangladesh due to a general decline in the country’s film industry. Halls are closing because of a drastic decrease in attendance over the last 10 years. The number of halls in operation has dwindled from over 1,200 to to a mere 300 throughout the country.
Clothes hang from wires while decaying ticket books lie on the ground. This is a room just beside the projection room in a cinema hall in Bangladesh. Poorly paid staff often live in the facility to save money.
Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Bangladesh
Aneek Mustafa Anwar is a documentary and portrait photographer based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His work focuses on humanitarian social issues, consumerism, the effects of social media on society and urbanization in Southeast Asia.
Death of Bangladeshi Cinema
© Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Death of Bangladeshi Cinema
An overview of the deterioration of cinema halls in Bangladesh due to a general decline in the country’s film industry. Halls are closing because of a drastic decrease in attendance over the last 10 years. The number of halls in operation has dwindled from over 1,200 to to a mere 300 throughout the country.
Cinema halls with their declining audiences have assumed a new purpose. The empty lounges and dark halls serve as spots for lovers to have some intimacy and privacy in a country which doesn't approve of public display of affection.
Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Bangladesh
Aneek Mustafa Anwar is a documentary and portrait photographer based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His work focuses on humanitarian social issues, consumerism, the effects of social media on society and urbanization in Southeast Asia.
Death of Bangladeshi Cinema
© Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Death of Bangladeshi Cinema
An overview of the deterioration of cinema halls in Bangladesh due to a general decline in the country’s film industry. Halls are closing because of a drastic decrease in attendance over the last 10 years. The number of halls in operation has dwindled from over 1,200 to to a mere 300 throughout the country.
A group of Muslim cinema hall employees praying in a mosque inside the cinema hall. Movie theaters often screen pornographic material in between the usual movies to attract a larger crowd. This is a direct contradiction to the religious values of the Muslim staff in a Muslim country like Bangladesh.
Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Bangladesh
Aneek Mustafa Anwar is a documentary and portrait photographer based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His work focuses on humanitarian social issues, consumerism, the effects of social media on society and urbanization in Southeast Asia.
Death of Bangladeshi Cinema
© Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Death of Bangladeshi Cinema
An overview of the deterioration of cinema halls in Bangladesh due to a general decline in the country’s film industry. Halls are closing because of a drastic decrease in attendance over the last 10 years. The number of halls in operation has dwindled from over 1,200 to to a mere 300 throughout the country.
A half closed door at a prominent cinema hall in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Bangladesh
Aneek Mustafa Anwar is a documentary and portrait photographer based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His work focuses on humanitarian social issues, consumerism, the effects of social media on society and urbanization in Southeast Asia.
Death of Bangladeshi Cinema
© Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Death of Bangladeshi Cinema
An overview of the deterioration of cinema halls in Bangladesh due to a general decline in the country’s film industry. Halls are closing because of a drastic decrease in attendance over the last 10 years. The number of halls in operation has dwindled from over 1,200 to to a mere 300 throughout the country.
Decomposing seats at a cinema hall in Bangladesh. Most surviving cinema halls have decaying infrastructure and desolate run-down halls because of the low income from dwindling audiences. The majority of the halls have closed down and the few surviving ones are struggling to make ends meet.
Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Bangladesh
Aneek Mustafa Anwar is a documentary and portrait photographer based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His work focuses on humanitarian social issues, consumerism, the effects of social media on society and urbanization in Southeast Asia.
Death of Bangladeshi Cinema
© Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Death of Bangladeshi Cinema
An overview of the deterioration of cinema halls in Bangladesh due to a general decline in the country’s film industry. Halls are closing because of a drastic decrease in attendance over the last 10 years. The number of halls in operation has dwindled from over 1,200 to to a mere 300 throughout the country.
Torn cinema posters in a broken down cinema hall. At the corner there is a mosquito net that the guard uses during his night’s slumber.
Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Bangladesh
Aneek Mustafa Anwar is a documentary and portrait photographer based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His work focuses on humanitarian social issues, consumerism, the effects of social media on society and urbanization in Southeast Asia.
Death of Bangladeshi Cinema
© Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Death of Bangladeshi Cinema
An overview of the deterioration of cinema halls in Bangladesh due to a general decline in the country’s film industry. Halls are closing because of a drastic decrease in attendance over the last 10 years. The number of halls in operation has dwindled from over 1,200 to to a mere 300 throughout the country.
A guard on night duty stands at the front gate of a cinema hall that is being demolished. A lot of the cinema halls have been knocked down and replaced by commercial buildings. Most of the halls were situated in prime areas and have been sold off amid rising land prices.
Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Bangladesh
Aneek Mustafa Anwar is a documentary and portrait photographer based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His work focuses on humanitarian social issues, consumerism, the effects of social media on society and urbanization in Southeast Asia.
Death of Bangladeshi Cinema
© Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Death of Bangladeshi Cinema
An overview of the deterioration of cinema halls in Bangladesh due to a general decline in the country’s film industry. Halls are closing because of a drastic decrease in attendance over the last 10 years. The number of halls in operation has dwindled from over 1,200 to to a mere 300 throughout the country.
A segment of a celluloid film lies in a muddy puddle as symbol of broken dreams that once took shape in the gorgeous cinema halls of this country.
Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Aneek Mustafa Anwar
Bangladesh
Aneek Mustafa Anwar is a documentary and portrait photographer based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His work focuses on humanitarian social issues, consumerism, the effects of social media on society and urbanization in Southeast Asia.
Death of Bangladeshi Cinema
Death of Bangladeshi Cinema
3rd place
© Hoi Kin Fung
An odyssey into the vanishing oases: fountains amid public housing
Hong Kong is a concrete jungle, where half of the residents live in public housing estates. Fountains can usually be found in those estates. The fountain areas are meant to serve as places where residents can interact with one another. However, most of the fountains are now falling into decay or even demolished. The good old days are gone.
Water fountain in the Cheung Heng Estate, Tsing Yi. Still working.
Hoi Kin Fung
Hoi Kin Fung
Hong Kong
A Hong Kong based photojournalist. Mainly working in daily news in Hong Kong.
An odyssey into the vanishing oases”: fountains amid public housing
© Hoi Kin Fung
An odyssey into the vanishing oases: fountains amid public housing
Hong Kong is a concrete jungle, where half of the residents live in public housing estates. Fountains can usually be found in those estates. The fountain areas are meant to serve as places where residents can interact with one another. However, most of the fountains are now falling into decay or even demolished. The good old days are gone.
Ruins of a water fountain in the Fu Heng Estate, Tai Po.
Hoi Kin Fung
Hoi Kin Fung
Hong Kong
A Hong Kong based photojournalist. Mainly working in daily news in Hong Kong.
An odyssey into the vanishing oases”: fountains amid public housing
© Hoi Kin Fung
An odyssey into the vanishing oases: fountains amid public housing
Hong Kong is a concrete jungle, where half of the residents live in public housing estates. Fountains can usually be found in those estates. The fountain areas are meant to serve as places where residents can interact with one another. However, most of the fountains are now falling into decay or even demolished. The good old days are gone.
Ruins of a water fountain in the Mei Lam Estate, Tai Wai.
Hoi Kin Fung
Hoi Kin Fung
Hong Kong
A Hong Kong based photojournalist. Mainly working in daily news in Hong Kong.
An odyssey into the vanishing oases”: fountains amid public housing
© Hoi Kin Fung
An odyssey into the vanishing oases: fountains amid public housing
Hong Kong is a concrete jungle, where half of the residents live in public housing estates. Fountains can usually be found in those estates. The fountain areas are meant to serve as places where residents can interact with one another. However, most of the fountains are now falling into decay or even demolished. The good old days are gone.
Shabby water fountain in the Fu Shing Estate, Tai Po.
Hoi Kin Fung
Hoi Kin Fung
Hong Kong
A Hong Kong based photojournalist. Mainly working in daily news in Hong Kong.
An odyssey into the vanishing oases”: fountains amid public housing
© Hoi Kin Fung
An odyssey into the vanishing oases: fountains amid public housing
Hong Kong is a concrete jungle, where half of the residents live in public housing estates. Fountains can usually be found in those estates. The fountain areas are meant to serve as places where residents can interact with one another. However, most of the fountains are now falling into decay or even demolished. The good old days are gone.
Abandoned water fountain in the Kin Mung Estate, Tiu Keng Ling.
Hoi Kin Fung
Hoi Kin Fung
Hong Kong
A Hong Kong based photojournalist. Mainly working in daily news in Hong Kong.
An odyssey into the vanishing oases”: fountains amid public housing
© Hoi Kin Fung
An odyssey into the vanishing oases: fountains amid public housing
Hong Kong is a concrete jungle, where half of the residents live in public housing estates. Fountains can usually be found in those estates. The fountain areas are meant to serve as places where residents can interact with one another. However, most of the fountains are now falling into decay or even demolished. The good old days are gone.
Water Fountain in the Lek Yuen Estate, Shatin. Still working.
Hoi Kin Fung
Hoi Kin Fung
Hong Kong
A Hong Kong based photojournalist. Mainly working in daily news in Hong Kong.
An odyssey into the vanishing oases”: fountains amid public housing
© Hoi Kin Fung
An odyssey into the vanishing oases: fountains amid public housing
Hong Kong is a concrete jungle, where half of the residents live in public housing estates. Fountains can usually be found in those estates. The fountain areas are meant to serve as places where residents can interact with one another. However, most of the fountains are now falling into decay or even demolished. The good old days are gone.
Water fountain in the Kwai Fong Estate, Kwai Fong. Demolished.
Hoi Kin Fung
Hoi Kin Fung
Hong Kong
A Hong Kong based photojournalist. Mainly working in daily news in Hong Kong.
An odyssey into the vanishing oases”: fountains amid public housing
© Hoi Kin Fung
An odyssey into the vanishing oases: fountains amid public housing
Hong Kong is a concrete jungle, where half of the residents live in public housing estates. Fountains can usually be found in those estates. The fountain areas are meant to serve as places where residents can interact with one another. However, most of the fountains are now falling into decay or even demolished. The good old days are gone.
AWater Fountain in the Ma Hang Estate, Stanley. Still working.
Hoi Kin Fung
Hoi Kin Fung
Hong Kong
A Hong Kong based photojournalist. Mainly working in daily news in Hong Kong.
An odyssey into the vanishing oases”: fountains amid public housing
© Hoi Kin Fung
An odyssey into the vanishing oases: fountains amid public housing
Hong Kong is a concrete jungle, where half of the residents live in public housing estates. Fountains can usually be found in those estates. The fountain areas are meant to serve as places where residents can interact with one another. However, most of the fountains are now falling into decay or even demolished. The good old days are gone.
Water Fountain in the Lower Wong Tai Sin Estate, Wong Tai Sin. Still working.
Hoi Kin Fung
Hoi Kin Fung
Hong Kong
A Hong Kong based photojournalist. Mainly working in daily news in Hong Kong.
An odyssey into the vanishing oases”: fountains amid public housing
© Hoi Kin Fung
An odyssey into the vanishing oases: fountains amid public housing
Hong Kong is a concrete jungle, where half of the residents live in public housing estates. Fountains can usually be found in those estates. The fountain areas are meant to serve as places where residents can interact with one another. However, most of the fountains are now falling into decay or even demolished. The good old days are gone.
Water Fountain in the Lai Kok Estate, Sham Shui Po. Still working.
Hoi Kin Fung
Hoi Kin Fung
Hong Kong
A Hong Kong based photojournalist. Mainly working in daily news in Hong Kong.
An odyssey into the vanishing oases”: fountains amid public housing
© Hoi Kin Fung
An odyssey into the vanishing oases: fountains amid public housing
Hong Kong is a concrete jungle, where half of the residents live in public housing estates. Fountains can usually be found in those estates. The fountain areas are meant to serve as places where residents can interact with one another. However, most of the fountains are now falling into decay or even demolished. The good old days are gone.
Ruins of a water fountain in the Long Ping Estate, Yuen Long.
Hoi Kin Fung
Hoi Kin Fung
Hong Kong
A Hong Kong based photojournalist. Mainly working in daily news in Hong Kong.
An odyssey into the vanishing oases”: fountains amid public housing
© Hoi Kin Fung
An odyssey into the vanishing oases: fountains amid public housing
Hong Kong is a concrete jungle, where half of the residents live in public housing estates. Fountains can usually be found in those estates. The fountain areas are meant to serve as places where residents can interact with one another. However, most of the fountains are now falling into decay or even demolished. The good old days are gone.
Abandoned water fountain in the Kwong Yuen Estate, Shatin.
Hoi Kin Fung
Hoi Kin Fung
Hong Kong
A Hong Kong based photojournalist. Mainly working in daily news in Hong Kong.
An odyssey into the vanishing oases”: fountains amid public housing
An odyssey into the vanishing oases: fountains amid public housing
Jury Honorable Mention
© Ricardo Lopes
Interior
The ambition for a life far removed from the economic hardship of subsistence agriculture in the central part of Portugal has caused a rural exodus that's been going on for 50 years. The landscape faces abandonment while its last inhabitants struggle to keep the region's collective memory alive.
A road leading down the valley of Foz de Alge.
Ricardo Lopes
Ricardo Lopes
Portugal
Ricardo Lopes graduated in Photojournalism in 2017. He started working as a stringer for Global Media Group, publishing work in the group’s national newspapers. In 2018, he completed an internship at Publico, covering all topics for the newspaper's daily issues and weekly supplements.
Interior
© Ricardo Lopes
Interior
The ambition for a life far removed from the economic hardship of subsistence agriculture in the central part of Portugal has caused a rural exodus that's been going on for 50 years. The landscape faces abandonment while its last inhabitants struggle to keep the region's collective memory alive.
Portrait of José Henrique, 51, farmer.
Ricardo Lopes
Ricardo Lopes
Portugal
Ricardo Lopes graduated in Photojournalism in 2017. He started working as a stringer for Global Media Group, publishing work in the group’s national newspapers. In 2018, he completed an internship at Publico, covering all topics for the newspaper's daily issues and weekly supplements.
Interior
© Ricardo Lopes
Interior
The ambition for a life far removed from the economic hardship of subsistence agriculture in the central part of Portugal has caused a rural exodus that's been going on for 50 years. The landscape faces abandonment while its last inhabitants struggle to keep the region's collective memory alive.
A flock of birds flying over the village of Rabaçal.
Ricardo Lopes
Ricardo Lopes
Portugal
Ricardo Lopes graduated in Photojournalism in 2017. He started working as a stringer for Global Media Group, publishing work in the group’s national newspapers. In 2018, he completed an internship at Publico, covering all topics for the newspaper's daily issues and weekly supplements.
Interior
© Ricardo Lopes
Interior
The ambition for a life far removed from the economic hardship of subsistence agriculture in the central part of Portugal has caused a rural exodus that's been going on for 50 years. The landscape faces abandonment while its last inhabitants struggle to keep the region's collective memory alive.
Portrait of Maria da Silva, 93, in her house.
Ricardo Lopes
Ricardo Lopes
Portugal
Ricardo Lopes graduated in Photojournalism in 2017. He started working as a stringer for Global Media Group, publishing work in the group’s national newspapers. In 2018, he completed an internship at Publico, covering all topics for the newspaper's daily issues and weekly supplements.
Interior
© Ricardo Lopes
Interior
The ambition for a life far removed from the economic hardship of subsistence agriculture in the central part of Portugal has caused a rural exodus that's been going on for 50 years. The landscape faces abandonment while its last inhabitants struggle to keep the region's collective memory alive.
The ruin of a fire-ravaged traditional house on a hill.
Ricardo Lopes
Ricardo Lopes
Portugal
Ricardo Lopes graduated in Photojournalism in 2017. He started working as a stringer for Global Media Group, publishing work in the group’s national newspapers. In 2018, he completed an internship at Publico, covering all topics for the newspaper's daily issues and weekly supplements.
Interior
© Ricardo Lopes
Interior
The ambition for a life far removed from the economic hardship of subsistence agriculture in the central part of Portugal has caused a rural exodus that's been going on for 50 years. The landscape faces abandonment while its last inhabitants struggle to keep the region's collective memory alive.
Portrait of Gerardo Rodrigues Gonçalves, 86 and his son, José Gonçalves, 56, outside of their house.
Ricardo Lopes
Ricardo Lopes
Portugal
Ricardo Lopes graduated in Photojournalism in 2017. He started working as a stringer for Global Media Group, publishing work in the group’s national newspapers. In 2018, he completed an internship at Publico, covering all topics for the newspaper's daily issues and weekly supplements.
Interior
© Ricardo Lopes
Interior
The ambition for a life far removed from the economic hardship of subsistence agriculture in the central part of Portugal has caused a rural exodus that's been going on for 50 years. The landscape faces abandonment while its last inhabitants struggle to keep the region's collective memory alive.
A scarecrow in a vineyard.
Ricardo Lopes
Ricardo Lopes
Portugal
Ricardo Lopes graduated in Photojournalism in 2017. He started working as a stringer for Global Media Group, publishing work in the group’s national newspapers. In 2018, he completed an internship at Publico, covering all topics for the newspaper's daily issues and weekly supplements.
Interior
© Ricardo Lopes
Interior
The ambition for a life far removed from the economic hardship of subsistence agriculture in the central part of Portugal has caused a rural exodus that's been going on for 50 years. The landscape faces abandonment while its last inhabitants struggle to keep the region's collective memory alive.
Portrait of Simões Armindo, 80 taken in the ruins of the olive mill he ran for 40 years.
Ricardo Lopes
Ricardo Lopes
Portugal
Ricardo Lopes graduated in Photojournalism in 2017. He started working as a stringer for Global Media Group, publishing work in the group’s national newspapers. In 2018, he completed an internship at Publico, covering all topics for the newspaper's daily issues and weekly supplements.
Interior
© Ricardo Lopes
Interior
The ambition for a life far removed from the economic hardship of subsistence agriculture in the central part of Portugal has caused a rural exodus that's been going on for 50 years. The landscape faces abandonment while its last inhabitants struggle to keep the region's collective memory alive.
Ruins of houses in Aldeia do Vale.
Ricardo Lopes
Ricardo Lopes
Portugal
Ricardo Lopes graduated in Photojournalism in 2017. He started working as a stringer for Global Media Group, publishing work in the group’s national newspapers. In 2018, he completed an internship at Publico, covering all topics for the newspaper's daily issues and weekly supplements.
Interior
© Ricardo Lopes
Interior
The ambition for a life far removed from the economic hardship of subsistence agriculture in the central part of Portugal has caused a rural exodus that's been going on for 50 years. The landscape faces abandonment while its last inhabitants struggle to keep the region's collective memory alive.
Portrait of Maria da Piedade, 90 and her daughter, Maria Olaia Dias, 61, in the shed where they keep their sheep.
Ricardo Lopes
Ricardo Lopes
Portugal
Ricardo Lopes graduated in Photojournalism in 2017. He started working as a stringer for Global Media Group, publishing work in the group’s national newspapers. In 2018, he completed an internship at Publico, covering all topics for the newspaper's daily issues and weekly supplements.
Interior
© Ricardo Lopes
Interior
The ambition for a life far removed from the economic hardship of subsistence agriculture in the central part of Portugal has caused a rural exodus that's been going on for 50 years. The landscape faces abandonment while its last inhabitants struggle to keep the region's collective memory alive.
The remains of a bonfire.
Ricardo Lopes
Ricardo Lopes
Portugal
Ricardo Lopes graduated in Photojournalism in 2017. He started working as a stringer for Global Media Group, publishing work in the group’s national newspapers. In 2018, he completed an internship at Publico, covering all topics for the newspaper's daily issues and weekly supplements.
Interior
© Ricardo Lopes
Interior
The ambition for a life far removed from the economic hardship of subsistence agriculture in the central part of Portugal has caused a rural exodus that's been going on for 50 years. The landscape faces abandonment while its last inhabitants struggle to keep the region's collective memory alive.
Portrait of Maria Ferreira, 81, in the living room of her house.
Ricardo Lopes
Ricardo Lopes
Portugal
Ricardo Lopes graduated in Photojournalism in 2017. He started working as a stringer for Global Media Group, publishing work in the group’s national newspapers. In 2018, he completed an internship at Publico, covering all topics for the newspaper's daily issues and weekly supplements.
Interior
Interior
Jury Honorable Mention
Single
© Francis Rousseau
The Women of Arugam Bay
The first surfing society for local women in the history of a country ruled by a patriarchy since bygone days. In that part of the island, you will hardly see a local woman driving a tuk tuk or walking to the beach with a surfboard. In this shot I wanted to change the rules.
The Women of Arugam Bay
Francis Rousseau
Francis Rousseau
France
My professional name is Max Gifted. I specialize in sports and lifestyle photography. I'm French and I live in Mauritius. For me photography is a way to express a feeling about a moment that will be gone forever. The photographer’s responsibility is to shine a light where there is none.
The Women of Arugam Bay
The Women of Arugam Bay
1st place
© Alejandro Martinez Velez
Exodus
Mohammed Seghor, Sub-Saharan migrant, inside a sports center that was made into a temporary migrant shelter in Algeciras, southern Spain, on August 2, 2018. Mohammed crossed the Strait of Gibraltar from Morocco in dinghy along with other people several days ago.
Exodus
Alejandro Martinez Velez
Alejandro Martinez Velez
Spain
Exodus
Exodus
2nd place
© Yegor Badulin
Border
A woman standing on a bridge that had been blown up in the outskirts of Donetsk near the contact line.
Border
Yegor Badulin
Yegor Badulin
Russia
A photographer from the Orenburg Region, Yegor is studying at the Fotografika Academy of Documentary Photography. He is involved in a long-term project devoted to the self-proclaimed republics in southeast Ukraine.
Border
Border
3rd place
Series
© Santanu Dey
Nostalgia on the verge of extinction
This is an ongoing documentary project on occupations that are dying out or extinct in Kolkata. They shaped our society, and society shaped them. But people’s needs changed over time and society adapted accordingly, sacrificing some crucial things along the way.
People disguise (Bohuroopi).“Bohuroopis” are people disguised as mythological characters, mainly Gods like Shiva, etc. They play the roles in the streets, in marketplaces, at religious sites and earn their living. Although they are rarely seen nowadays, and only on special occasions or at festivals and fairs.
Santanu Dey
Santanu Dey
India
Santanu Dey is independent artist cum photographer based in Kolkata. His work has been published in several magazines. He got social documentary grant by SACAC, 2019, 1st place in the Polyphony Photo Festival India in 2017 and also selected in Jakarta Photo Festival 2019, Indian Photo Festival 2019.
Nostalgia on the verge of extinction
© Santanu Dey
Nostalgia on the verge of extinction
This is an ongoing documentary project on occupations that are dying out or extinct in Kolkata. They shaped our society, and society shaped them. But people’s needs changed over time and society adapted accordingly, sacrificing some crucial things along the way.
Kirtan - a very small band singing mythological songs.Broadly speaking, these were small groups of people who sang and performed and received food and things in return. Their instruments included mainly the khol, the harmonium and hand cymbals. They sang Hindu prayers and tales from mythology.
Santanu Dey
Santanu Dey
India
Santanu Dey is independent artist cum photographer based in Kolkata. His work has been published in several magazines. He got social documentary grant by SACAC, 2019, 1st place in the Polyphony Photo Festival India in 2017 and also selected in Jakarta Photo Festival 2019, Indian Photo Festival 2019.
Nostalgia on the verge of extinction
© Santanu Dey
Nostalgia on the verge of extinction
This is an ongoing documentary project on occupations that are dying out or extinct in Kolkata. They shaped our society, and society shaped them. But people’s needs changed over time and society adapted accordingly, sacrificing some crucial things along the way.
Bioscope-man (bioscope-waala/сinema–waala).These people carried around portable boxes made of tin and we could watch short clips through a keyhole. The box had a gramophone recorder on top and inside the box there were slides of characters in reels. It was played manually. It was very exciting both for the kids and adults in the past.
Santanu Dey
Santanu Dey
India
Santanu Dey is independent artist cum photographer based in Kolkata. His work has been published in several magazines. He got social documentary grant by SACAC, 2019, 1st place in the Polyphony Photo Festival India in 2017 and also selected in Jakarta Photo Festival 2019, Indian Photo Festival 2019.
Nostalgia on the verge of extinction
© Santanu Dey
Nostalgia on the verge of extinction
This is an ongoing documentary project on occupations that are dying out or extinct in Kolkata. They shaped our society, and society shaped them. But people’s needs changed over time and society adapted accordingly, sacrificing some crucial things along the way.
Glove puppets bеnir putul nacn)They roamed about in the streets of old Kolkata with puppets made of clay and sticks, dressed in proper clothes. They gave street shows with the puppets. Puppetry is broadly the conveying of a concept to an audience through manipulation (movement by hand directly or indirectly) of an inanimate object.
Santanu Dey
Santanu Dey
India
Santanu Dey is independent artist cum photographer based in Kolkata. His work has been published in several magazines. He got social documentary grant by SACAC, 2019, 1st place in the Polyphony Photo Festival India in 2017 and also selected in Jakarta Photo Festival 2019, Indian Photo Festival 2019.
Nostalgia on the verge of extinction
© Santanu Dey
Nostalgia on the verge of extinction
This is an ongoing documentary project on occupations that are dying out or extinct in Kolkata. They shaped our society, and society shaped them. But people’s needs changed over time and society adapted accordingly, sacrificing some crucial things along the way.
Monkey dance (bandor-nach).The sound of Damaru signified the arrival of a Monkey dance, with one or two monkeys with him, dancing to his commands and collecting money from the spectators. This occupation is declining rapidly.
Santanu Dey
Santanu Dey
India
Santanu Dey is independent artist cum photographer based in Kolkata. His work has been published in several magazines. He got social documentary grant by SACAC, 2019, 1st place in the Polyphony Photo Festival India in 2017 and also selected in Jakarta Photo Festival 2019, Indian Photo Festival 2019.
Nostalgia on the verge of extinction
© Santanu Dey
Nostalgia on the verge of extinction
This is an ongoing documentary project on occupations that are dying out or extinct in Kolkata. They shaped our society, and society shaped them. But people’s needs changed over time and society adapted accordingly, sacrificing some crucial things along the way.
People delivering water (vistiwaala).Vistiwaalas delivered water to the doorstep in a bag made of goatskin. They could carry up to 25 liters of water, required for domestic purposes, to clean the streets or to be used in stables. This was a practice dating back to the British period. Now it's on the verge of extinction.
Santanu Dey
Santanu Dey
India
Santanu Dey is independent artist cum photographer based in Kolkata. His work has been published in several magazines. He got social documentary grant by SACAC, 2019, 1st place in the Polyphony Photo Festival India in 2017 and also selected in Jakarta Photo Festival 2019, Indian Photo Festival 2019.
Nostalgia on the verge of extinction
© Santanu Dey
Nostalgia on the verge of extinction
This is an ongoing documentary project on occupations that are dying out or extinct in Kolkata. They shaped our society, and society shaped them. But people’s needs changed over time and society adapted accordingly, sacrificing some crucial things along the way.
Сotton candy seller (boori-r chul).Cotton candy is famous around the world. We all know it. However, the cotton candy that used to be sold in Kolkata was a bit different. It was smaller and cost less than the original size sweet. Now it can be seen only occasionally.
Santanu Dey
Santanu Dey
India
Santanu Dey is independent artist cum photographer based in Kolkata. His work has been published in several magazines. He got social documentary grant by SACAC, 2019, 1st place in the Polyphony Photo Festival India in 2017 and also selected in Jakarta Photo Festival 2019, Indian Photo Festival 2019.
Nostalgia on the verge of extinction
© Santanu Dey
Nostalgia on the verge of extinction
This is an ongoing documentary project on occupations that are dying out or extinct in Kolkata. They shaped our society, and society shaped them. But people’s needs changed over time and society adapted accordingly, sacrificing some crucial things along the way.
Sharpening tools (shaan-waala).The specialty of these people is to sharpen everything that is blunt! They sharpen various instruments used domestically for daily use. They carry around a wooden structure with special blades for sharpening. They wear khaki uniforms with a similar colored turban nowadays.
Santanu Dey
Santanu Dey
India
Santanu Dey is independent artist cum photographer based in Kolkata. His work has been published in several magazines. He got social documentary grant by SACAC, 2019, 1st place in the Polyphony Photo Festival India in 2017 and also selected in Jakarta Photo Festival 2019, Indian Photo Festival 2019.
Nostalgia on the verge of extinction
© Santanu Dey
Nostalgia on the verge of extinction
This is an ongoing documentary project on occupations that are dying out or extinct in Kolkata. They shaped our society, and society shaped them. But people’s needs changed over time and society adapted accordingly, sacrificing some crucial things along the way.
Tree cutters (gachuni).To build houses and other buildings, it was necessary to clear the trees of the desired areas. These people were the ones for this job. Ropes, “daa” and “korol” were the necessary equipments for them to cut down the trees. We are now at a loss of greeneries and such manual laborers have decreased.
Santanu Dey
Santanu Dey
India
Santanu Dey is independent artist cum photographer based in Kolkata. His work has been published in several magazines. He got social documentary grant by SACAC, 2019, 1st place in the Polyphony Photo Festival India in 2017 and also selected in Jakarta Photo Festival 2019, Indian Photo Festival 2019.
Nostalgia on the verge of extinction
© Santanu Dey
Nostalgia on the verge of extinction
This is an ongoing documentary project on occupations that are dying out or extinct in Kolkata. They shaped our society, and society shaped them. But people’s needs changed over time and society adapted accordingly, sacrificing some crucial things along the way.
Street barder (naapit).We have all been to a salon to get a haircut. Well, these people, Naapits, would come to our doorstep dressed in white clothes (pajamas/dhuti) to give us a trim.They brought a wooden or aluminum box containing all their equipment. But now they have to look for an alternative way to make a living.
Santanu Dey
Santanu Dey
India
Santanu Dey is independent artist cum photographer based in Kolkata. His work has been published in several magazines. He got social documentary grant by SACAC, 2019, 1st place in the Polyphony Photo Festival India in 2017 and also selected in Jakarta Photo Festival 2019, Indian Photo Festival 2019.
Nostalgia on the verge of extinction
© Santanu Dey
Nostalgia on the verge of extinction
This is an ongoing documentary project on occupations that are dying out or extinct in Kolkata. They shaped our society, and society shaped them. But people’s needs changed over time and society adapted accordingly, sacrificing some crucial things along the way.
Cotton sellers (tulo-waala).There was much demand for tulowaalas in the past. They would carry a huge sack full of raw cotton and an instrument, dhunachi, which was used to process the cotton and reuse it to make cushions and blankets. Demand for dhunachis and tulowaala has decreased nowadays.
Santanu Dey
Santanu Dey
India
Santanu Dey is independent artist cum photographer based in Kolkata. His work has been published in several magazines. He got social documentary grant by SACAC, 2019, 1st place in the Polyphony Photo Festival India in 2017 and also selected in Jakarta Photo Festival 2019, Indian Photo Festival 2019.
Nostalgia on the verge of extinction
© Santanu Dey
Nostalgia on the verge of extinction
This is an ongoing documentary project on occupations that are dying out or extinct in Kolkata. They shaped our society, and society shaped them. But people’s needs changed over time and society adapted accordingly, sacrificing some crucial things along the way.
Streer singer (gaan-waala).We call them Gaan-Waala. They wear very colorful clothes and carry a big instrument called the harmonium. They sing amazing country songs. But today we have no time to listen to their songs so they are also dying out.
Santanu Dey
Santanu Dey
India
Santanu Dey is independent artist cum photographer based in Kolkata. His work has been published in several magazines. He got social documentary grant by SACAC, 2019, 1st place in the Polyphony Photo Festival India in 2017 and also selected in Jakarta Photo Festival 2019, Indian Photo Festival 2019.
Nostalgia on the verge of extinction
Nostalgia on the verge of extinction
3rd place
© Mushfiqul Alam
Tale of the tormented
The project focuses on the Rohingya women victims of violence. After 9 months of the exodus, around 48,000 women are estimated to deliver babies as a result of rape. Most of these pregnant women were in fear of public shaming and judgment.
Shafiqa Begum, 21, was married for three months. The Myanmar military killed her husband and fifteen of her close relatives. The soldiers raped and tortured her, left in the house and set it on fire. She was rescued by her neighbors.
Mushfiqul Alam
Mushfiqul Alam
Bangladesh
Mushfiqul Alam is a freelance photojournalist based on Dhaka, Bangladesh. Mushfiq was born in Narayanganj. He was the third of three children. Mushfiq was brought up in a middle class Muslim family. Mushfiq was first introduced to photography in his childhood while a family trip.
Tale of the tormented
© Mushfiqul Alam
Tale of the tormented
The project focuses on the Rohingya women victims of violence. After 9 months of the exodus, around 48,000 women are estimated to deliver babies as a result of rape. Most of these pregnant women were in fear of public shaming and judgment.
Rashida Begum (23), a Rohingya refugee was raped and tortured by the Myanmar military in 2017. Her 28-days-old baby was killed brutally in front of her by the soldiers. Her husband, father, mother and three sisters were murdered by the army during the ethnic cleansing.
Mushfiqul Alam
Mushfiqul Alam
Bangladesh
Mushfiqul Alam is a freelance photojournalist based on Dhaka, Bangladesh. Mushfiq was born in Narayanganj. He was the third of three children. Mushfiq was brought up in a middle class Muslim family. Mushfiq was first introduced to photography in his childhood while a family trip.
Tale of the tormented
© Mushfiqul Alam
Tale of the tormented
The project focuses on the Rohingya women victims of violence. After 9 months of the exodus, around 48,000 women are estimated to deliver babies as a result of rape. Most of these pregnant women were in fear of public shaming and judgment.
Sanwara Begum was raped by Myanmar soldiers during the ethnic cleansing when she was 17 years old. She crossed the border with her family and now lives in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh. She recently got married to a Rohingya man.
Mushfiqul Alam
Mushfiqul Alam
Bangladesh
Mushfiqul Alam is a freelance photojournalist based on Dhaka, Bangladesh. Mushfiq was born in Narayanganj. He was the third of three children. Mushfiq was brought up in a middle class Muslim family. Mushfiq was first introduced to photography in his childhood while a family trip.
Tale of the tormented
© Mushfiqul Alam
Tale of the tormented
The project focuses on the Rohingya women victims of violence. After 9 months of the exodus, around 48,000 women are estimated to deliver babies as a result of rape. Most of these pregnant women were in fear of public shaming and judgment.
Almas Khatun, 47, was raped and tortured by Myanmar soldiers during the ethnic cleansing in 2017 in Myanmar. She lost eight members of her family. Her husband, two sons, four daughters and father were murdered by the army.
Mushfiqul Alam
Mushfiqul Alam
Bangladesh
Mushfiqul Alam is a freelance photojournalist based on Dhaka, Bangladesh. Mushfiq was born in Narayanganj. He was the third of three children. Mushfiq was brought up in a middle class Muslim family. Mushfiq was first introduced to photography in his childhood while a family trip.
Tale of the tormented
© Mushfiqul Alam
Tale of the tormented
The project focuses on the Rohingya women victims of violence. After 9 months of the exodus, around 48,000 women are estimated to deliver babies as a result of rape. Most of these pregnant women were in fear of public shaming and judgment.
Rabija Khatun, 22, was raped by Myanmar soldiers in 2017. She lost four family members. Her husband, two young children and brother-in-law were murdered by the army.
Mushfiqul Alam
Mushfiqul Alam
Bangladesh
Mushfiqul Alam is a freelance photojournalist based on Dhaka, Bangladesh. Mushfiq was born in Narayanganj. He was the third of three children. Mushfiq was brought up in a middle class Muslim family. Mushfiq was first introduced to photography in his childhood while a family trip.
Tale of the tormented
© Mushfiqul Alam
Tale of the tormented
The project focuses on the Rohingya women victims of violence. After 9 months of the exodus, around 48,000 women are estimated to deliver babies as a result of rape. Most of these pregnant women were in fear of public shaming and judgment.
Karima Khatun, 25, a Rohingya refugee, was raped and tortured by Myanmar soldiers in 2017. Her 18-months-old baby was brutally killed as it lay in her lap. Her husband, father and five other family members were murdered by the army during the ethnic cleansing.
Mushfiqul Alam
Mushfiqul Alam
Bangladesh
Mushfiqul Alam is a freelance photojournalist based on Dhaka, Bangladesh. Mushfiq was born in Narayanganj. He was the third of three children. Mushfiq was brought up in a middle class Muslim family. Mushfiq was first introduced to photography in his childhood while a family trip.
Tale of the tormented
© Mushfiqul Alam
Tale of the tormented
The project focuses on the Rohingya women victims of violence. After 9 months of the exodus, around 48,000 women are estimated to deliver babies as a result of rape. Most of these pregnant women were in fear of public shaming and judgment.
Badu Begum, 25, was raped by Myanmar soldiers during the ethnic cleansing in 2017. The Myanmar government never recognized Rohingyas as their citizens. Badu lost her husband, who was shot by the soldiers.
Mushfiqul Alam
Mushfiqul Alam
Bangladesh
Mushfiqul Alam is a freelance photojournalist based on Dhaka, Bangladesh. Mushfiq was born in Narayanganj. He was the third of three children. Mushfiq was brought up in a middle class Muslim family. Mushfiq was first introduced to photography in his childhood while a family trip.
Tale of the tormented
© Mushfiqul Alam
Tale of the tormented
The project focuses on the Rohingya women victims of violence. After 9 months of the exodus, around 48,000 women are estimated to deliver babies as a result of rape. Most of these pregnant women were in fear of public shaming and judgment.
Nur Begum, 25, was raped by Myanmar soldiers in 2017. Her husband, father and three brothers-in-law were murdered by the army during the ethnic cleansing.
Mushfiqul Alam
Mushfiqul Alam
Bangladesh
Mushfiqul Alam is a freelance photojournalist based on Dhaka, Bangladesh. Mushfiq was born in Narayanganj. He was the third of three children. Mushfiq was brought up in a middle class Muslim family. Mushfiq was first introduced to photography in his childhood while a family trip.
Tale of the tormented
© Mushfiqul Alam
Tale of the tormented
The project focuses on the Rohingya women victims of violence. After 9 months of the exodus, around 48,000 women are estimated to deliver babies as a result of rape. Most of these pregnant women were in fear of public shaming and judgment.
Monira Begum, 20, was raped and tortured by Myanmar soldiers during the ethnic cleansing in 2017. Myanmar army killed her father, husband, brother and brother-in-law. While fleeing from Myanmar, one of her sons was shot dead, while another survived.
Mushfiqul Alam
Mushfiqul Alam
Bangladesh
Mushfiqul Alam is a freelance photojournalist based on Dhaka, Bangladesh. Mushfiq was born in Narayanganj. He was the third of three children. Mushfiq was brought up in a middle class Muslim family. Mushfiq was first introduced to photography in his childhood while a family trip.
Tale of the tormented
© Mushfiqul Alam
Tale of the tormented
The project focuses on the Rohingya women victims of violence. After 9 months of the exodus, around 48,000 women are estimated to deliver babies as a result of rape. Most of these pregnant women were in fear of public shaming and judgment.
Anwara Begum, 22, was raped by Myanmar soldiers during the ethnic cleansing in 2017. The army killed her husband and burnt down their house.
Mushfiqul Alam
Mushfiqul Alam
Bangladesh
Mushfiqul Alam is a freelance photojournalist based on Dhaka, Bangladesh. Mushfiq was born in Narayanganj. He was the third of three children. Mushfiq was brought up in a middle class Muslim family. Mushfiq was first introduced to photography in his childhood while a family trip.
Tale of the tormented
Tale of the tormented
1st place
© Nadezhda Yermakova
The Strangers
The series is about international students in the small town of Tambov. They talk about their problems with integrating in local society, relationships with other students, their lives, dreams and plans for the future.
Christiane Fleure from Ivory Coast International Relations major: “Overall, I like studying here. If I ignore some of the little things, like some of the locals’ habits, it’s a cozy little town where everything is affordable. I miss African food, though.”
Nadezhda Yermakova
Nadezhda Yermakova
Russia
Nadezhda was born in 1985 in Tambov, and in 2007 graduated from the St. Petersburg State University with a major in French and literature. She worked as a teacher and translator. In 2017−2018 Nadezhda completed an online photography course by Yelena Sukhoveyeva and Viktor Khmel.
The Strangers
© Nadezhda Yermakova
The Strangers
The series is about international students in the small town of Tambov. They talk about their problems with integrating in local society, relationships with other students, their lives, dreams and plans for the future.
Israel Premier from Cameroon Medicine major: “I was shocked when I saw our dorms: the dirt, the cockroaches, and there weren’t any lock on the doors. I fixed the room up myself: I put up wallpaper, bought a fridge, curtains and other little things. No one else has a room like mine.”
Nadezhda Yermakova
Nadezhda Yermakova
Russia
Nadezhda was born in 1985 in Tambov, and in 2007 graduated from the St. Petersburg State University with a major in French and literature. She worked as a teacher and translator. In 2017−2018 Nadezhda completed an online photography course by Yelena Sukhoveyeva and Viktor Khmel.
The Strangers
© Nadezhda Yermakova
The Strangers
The series is about international students in the small town of Tambov. They talk about their problems with integrating in local society, relationships with other students, their lives, dreams and plans for the future.
Rocky Mataruusse from Gabon International Relations major: “Sports are as important for me as my studies. Rugby and boxing are my true passions. I do rugby professionally. It’s difficult in Russia since they don’t really want to take me into the regional team because of the color of my skin.”
Nadezhda Yermakova
Nadezhda Yermakova
Russia
Nadezhda was born in 1985 in Tambov, and in 2007 graduated from the St. Petersburg State University with a major in French and literature. She worked as a teacher and translator. In 2017−2018 Nadezhda completed an online photography course by Yelena Sukhoveyeva and Viktor Khmel.
The Strangers
© Nadezhda Yermakova
The Strangers
The series is about international students in the small town of Tambov. They talk about their problems with integrating in local society, relationships with other students, their lives, dreams and plans for the future.
Alima Kambi from Gambia Civil Engineering major I spend all my time studying, and that means a lot to me. Sadly, I’ll have to take a leave of absence next year due to financial issues, but I will do everything I can to complete my studies.
Nadezhda Yermakova
Nadezhda Yermakova
Russia
Nadezhda was born in 1985 in Tambov, and in 2007 graduated from the St. Petersburg State University with a major in French and literature. She worked as a teacher and translator. In 2017−2018 Nadezhda completed an online photography course by Yelena Sukhoveyeva and Viktor Khmel.
The Strangers
© Nadezhda Yermakova
The Strangers
The series is about international students in the small town of Tambov. They talk about their problems with integrating in local society, relationships with other students, their lives, dreams and plans for the future.
Landry William Yao from Cameroon Medicine major: “I am very proud of my cup. We got it for winning a university football tournament. I can’t live without sports. I’m also an amazing cook, my friends call me Le Cordon Bleu.”
Nadezhda Yermakova
Nadezhda Yermakova
Russia
Nadezhda was born in 1985 in Tambov, and in 2007 graduated from the St. Petersburg State University with a major in French and literature. She worked as a teacher and translator. In 2017−2018 Nadezhda completed an online photography course by Yelena Sukhoveyeva and Viktor Khmel.
The Strangers
© Nadezhda Yermakova
The Strangers
The series is about international students in the small town of Tambov. They talk about their problems with integrating in local society, relationships with other students, their lives, dreams and plans for the future.
Owolowo Akorede from Nigeria Management major: “This painting is one of the few things I bought here in Tambov. I liked how realistic the depiction of the woman is. She is very beautiful. Many of our guys want to be friends and hang out with the local girls, but they aren’t very friendly.”
Nadezhda Yermakova
Nadezhda Yermakova
Russia
Nadezhda was born in 1985 in Tambov, and in 2007 graduated from the St. Petersburg State University with a major in French and literature. She worked as a teacher and translator. In 2017−2018 Nadezhda completed an online photography course by Yelena Sukhoveyeva and Viktor Khmel.
The Strangers
© Nadezhda Yermakova
The Strangers
The series is about international students in the small town of Tambov. They talk about their problems with integrating in local society, relationships with other students, their lives, dreams and plans for the future.
Abina Zoua Bertrand from Cameroon Management major: “I pay for my education myself and can only count on myself, that’s why I work as a loader part time. It’s very hard but I don’t have a lot of choice, since there aren’t many job opportunities for people of color."
Nadezhda Yermakova
Nadezhda Yermakova
Russia
Nadezhda was born in 1985 in Tambov, and in 2007 graduated from the St. Petersburg State University with a major in French and literature. She worked as a teacher and translator. In 2017−2018 Nadezhda completed an online photography course by Yelena Sukhoveyeva and Viktor Khmel.
The Strangers
© Nadezhda Yermakova
The Strangers
The series is about international students in the small town of Tambov. They talk about their problems with integrating in local society, relationships with other students, their lives, dreams and plans for the future.
Lotfi Zuari from Tunisia Medicine major: “I’ve only been here for a year, but I can say with confidence that the local people are very guarded and hostile towards Arabs. We’ve had different situations. For the most part, we’re on our own here. Playing ball at the local stadium is my favorite activity.”
Nadezhda Yermakova
Nadezhda Yermakova
Russia
Nadezhda was born in 1985 in Tambov, and in 2007 graduated from the St. Petersburg State University with a major in French and literature. She worked as a teacher and translator. In 2017−2018 Nadezhda completed an online photography course by Yelena Sukhoveyeva and Viktor Khmel.
The Strangers
© Nadezhda Yermakova
The Strangers
The series is about international students in the small town of Tambov. They talk about their problems with integrating in local society, relationships with other students, their lives, dreams and plans for the future.
Catalea l'Or Ngiia from Gabon Business and IT major: “I find blending in with the locals difficult. I feel like a stranger. Girls at university laugh when they see me. We’re in a strange situation here.”
Nadezhda Yermakova
Nadezhda Yermakova
Russia
Nadezhda was born in 1985 in Tambov, and in 2007 graduated from the St. Petersburg State University with a major in French and literature. She worked as a teacher and translator. In 2017−2018 Nadezhda completed an online photography course by Yelena Sukhoveyeva and Viktor Khmel.
The Strangers
© Nadezhda Yermakova
The Strangers
The series is about international students in the small town of Tambov. They talk about their problems with integrating in local society, relationships with other students, their lives, dreams and plans for the future.
Banzie Joel Nelspruit, South Africa Medicine major: “I didn’t expect having to share a room with three guys and having to sleep on bunk beds, but I’ve gotten used to it. There’s almost no personal space, but that can be fun sometimes.”
Nadezhda Yermakova
Nadezhda Yermakova
Russia
Nadezhda was born in 1985 in Tambov, and in 2007 graduated from the St. Petersburg State University with a major in French and literature. She worked as a teacher and translator. In 2017−2018 Nadezhda completed an online photography course by Yelena Sukhoveyeva and Viktor Khmel.
The Strangers
© Nadezhda Yermakova
The Strangers
The series is about international students in the small town of Tambov. They talk about their problems with integrating in local society, relationships with other students, their lives, dreams and plans for the future.
Tobonguia Ornella from Congo. Refused to talk.
Nadezhda Yermakova
Nadezhda Yermakova
Russia
Nadezhda was born in 1985 in Tambov, and in 2007 graduated from the St. Petersburg State University with a major in French and literature. She worked as a teacher and translator. In 2017−2018 Nadezhda completed an online photography course by Yelena Sukhoveyeva and Viktor Khmel.
The Strangers
The Strangers
2nd place
© Andrea Alai
Bravo Ruben
Ruben Bravo lives in Villa Lugano, one of the poorest and most deprived neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. His faith in God and the love for his family gave him the strength to recover from drug addiction and turn his life around. Now he's an example for the community, living with dignity and respect.
Ruben.Ruben, 30, is taking a break while fixing his house in the heart of Villa Lugano. He has been through many difficult situations in his life. He has been in prison several times for robbery and drug possession, but he finally managed to change, thanks to his faith in God and the help of his pastor.
Andrea Alai
Andrea Alai
Italy
Bravo Ruben
© Andrea Alai
Bravo Ruben
Ruben Bravo lives in Villa Lugano, one of the poorest and most deprived neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. His faith in God and the love for his family gave him the strength to recover from drug addiction and turn his life around. Now he's an example for the community, living with dignity and respect.
Dignity.Ruben is shaving in his house, while his wife Laura and his sons Esteban and Carlos are getting ready for bed.
Andrea Alai
Andrea Alai
Italy
Bravo Ruben
© Andrea Alai
Bravo Ruben
Ruben Bravo lives in Villa Lugano, one of the poorest and most deprived neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. His faith in God and the love for his family gave him the strength to recover from drug addiction and turn his life around. Now he's an example for the community, living with dignity and respect.
Villa Lugano.Next to Ruben's house, on the way to the Evangelical church, a starving horse next to abandoned cars.
Andrea Alai
Andrea Alai
Italy
Bravo Ruben
© Andrea Alai
Bravo Ruben
Ruben Bravo lives in Villa Lugano, one of the poorest and most deprived neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. His faith in God and the love for his family gave him the strength to recover from drug addiction and turn his life around. Now he's an example for the community, living with dignity and respect.
The power of faith.Celebrations are powerful and joyful. Pastor Daniel's sermons are unconventional, informative and positive. Daniel teaches kids to believe in their dreams. He also helped Ruben in his fight against addiction.
Andrea Alai
Andrea Alai
Italy
Bravo Ruben
© Andrea Alai
Bravo Ruben
Ruben Bravo lives in Villa Lugano, one of the poorest and most deprived neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. His faith in God and the love for his family gave him the strength to recover from drug addiction and turn his life around. Now he's an example for the community, living with dignity and respect.
Prayers.Prayers are an essential part of community life. During Sunday mass, Ruben helps a friend to cry it out and to embrace change.
Andrea Alai
Andrea Alai
Italy
Bravo Ruben
© Andrea Alai
Bravo Ruben
Ruben Bravo lives in Villa Lugano, one of the poorest and most deprived neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. His faith in God and the love for his family gave him the strength to recover from drug addiction and turn his life around. Now he's an example for the community, living with dignity and respect.
Not alone.Nahuel, Ruben's cousin, is waiting in his mother's house. Like many other kids, he is left alone for most of the day and Ruben helps the family to keep an eye on him.
Andrea Alai
Andrea Alai
Italy
Bravo Ruben
© Andrea Alai
Bravo Ruben
Ruben Bravo lives in Villa Lugano, one of the poorest and most deprived neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. His faith in God and the love for his family gave him the strength to recover from drug addiction and turn his life around. Now he's an example for the community, living with dignity and respect.
Family love.Ruben plays with Lulu and Eze, his grandchildren.
Andrea Alai
Andrea Alai
Italy
Bravo Ruben
© Andrea Alai
Bravo Ruben
Ruben Bravo lives in Villa Lugano, one of the poorest and most deprived neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. His faith in God and the love for his family gave him the strength to recover from drug addiction and turn his life around. Now he's an example for the community, living with dignity and respect.
At work.Ruben doesn't have a fixed job, as it's very difficult to find one. Argentina is facing a major economic crisis again. Nevertheless Ruben often does occasional jobs. Here at a bakery, he's making a fire to heat the oven.
Andrea Alai
Andrea Alai
Italy
Bravo Ruben
© Andrea Alai
Bravo Ruben
Ruben Bravo lives in Villa Lugano, one of the poorest and most deprived neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. His faith in God and the love for his family gave him the strength to recover from drug addiction and turn his life around. Now he's an example for the community, living with dignity and respect.
Bolitas with the kids.Ruben is playing marbles with the kids while he teaches them to be loyal and play with respect.
Andrea Alai
Andrea Alai
Italy
Bravo Ruben
© Andrea Alai
Bravo Ruben
Ruben Bravo lives in Villa Lugano, one of the poorest and most deprived neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. His faith in God and the love for his family gave him the strength to recover from drug addiction and turn his life around. Now he's an example for the community, living with dignity and respect.
Summer bath.During a hot summer day, after his daughters, Ruben takes a relaxing bath to cool off in his house.
Andrea Alai
Andrea Alai
Italy
Bravo Ruben
© Andrea Alai
Bravo Ruben
Ruben Bravo lives in Villa Lugano, one of the poorest and most deprived neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. His faith in God and the love for his family gave him the strength to recover from drug addiction and turn his life around. Now he's an example for the community, living with dignity and respect.
Straight home.After work, Ruben goes straight back to his family, walking through the narrow roads of the villa.
Andrea Alai
Andrea Alai
Italy
Bravo Ruben
Bravo Ruben
Jury Honorable Mention
© Ksenia Ivanova
The human life
Andrei Pavlenko, a brilliant 39-year-old cancer surgeon, became a high-profile figure in the fight against cancer in Russia last year: diagnosed with stage 3 stomach cancer in March 2018, he decided to devote his life to changing the system of cancer care in Russia.
Pavlenko in the operating room at the clinic where he heads the oncology center.Andrei Pavlenko performed more than 2,000 cancer surgeries over a ten-year period. In March 2018 he was diagnosed with stage 3 stomach cancer with peritoneal metastasis. The prognosis for cancers of this kind is generally poor with a survival rate of 5 percent.
Ksenia Ivanova
Ksenia Ivanova
Russia
Ksenia Ivanova is a documentary photographer from St. Petersburg, Russia, born in 1990 in the USSR. In photography her main interest is focused on the problem of cultural and national identity. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Takie Dela, etc.
The human life
© Ksenia Ivanova
The human life
Andrei Pavlenko, a brilliant 39-year-old cancer surgeon, became a high-profile figure in the fight against cancer in Russia last year: diagnosed with stage 3 stomach cancer in March 2018, he decided to devote his life to changing the system of cancer care in Russia.
Andrei’s daughters help their father shave his head after the first chemotherapy course. Andrei is married with three children. He decided to share the story of his treatment in an online blog, since cancer patients in Russia usually don’t know where to go and what to do.
Ksenia Ivanova
Ksenia Ivanova
Russia
Ksenia Ivanova is a documentary photographer from St. Petersburg, Russia, born in 1990 in the USSR. In photography her main interest is focused on the problem of cultural and national identity. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Takie Dela, etc.
The human life
© Ksenia Ivanova
The human life
Andrei Pavlenko, a brilliant 39-year-old cancer surgeon, became a high-profile figure in the fight against cancer in Russia last year: diagnosed with stage 3 stomach cancer in March 2018, he decided to devote his life to changing the system of cancer care in Russia.
Andrei after a five-hour surgery.The first side effects came after the first chemotherapy treatment, including vomiting, diarrhea, hair loss, and weakness. Andrei continued to work, keeping up his working rhythm, believing that a cancer patient has to continue doing what he loves and remain socially active.
Ksenia Ivanova
Ksenia Ivanova
Russia
Ksenia Ivanova is a documentary photographer from St. Petersburg, Russia, born in 1990 in the USSR. In photography her main interest is focused on the problem of cultural and national identity. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Takie Dela, etc.
The human life
© Ksenia Ivanova
The human life
Andrei Pavlenko, a brilliant 39-year-old cancer surgeon, became a high-profile figure in the fight against cancer in Russia last year: diagnosed with stage 3 stomach cancer in March 2018, he decided to devote his life to changing the system of cancer care in Russia.
Andrei dances with his wife at his 40th birthday party.Two months after being diagnosed with cancer Andrei was dancing with his wife Anna in a club where his friends and colleagues organized a party to mark his 40th birthday.
Ksenia Ivanova
Ksenia Ivanova
Russia
Ksenia Ivanova is a documentary photographer from St. Petersburg, Russia, born in 1990 in the USSR. In photography her main interest is focused on the problem of cultural and national identity. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Takie Dela, etc.
The human life
© Ksenia Ivanova
The human life
Andrei Pavlenko, a brilliant 39-year-old cancer surgeon, became a high-profile figure in the fight against cancer in Russia last year: diagnosed with stage 3 stomach cancer in March 2018, he decided to devote his life to changing the system of cancer care in Russia.
The audience gives Andrei a round of applause after his presentation at TEDx.Andrei continues his lectures for cancer surgeons and makes presentations for a broader audience. He also gives several interviews per day and answers dozens of letters from cancer patients. His goal is to establish a charity for promoting systematic care for cancer patients and improving the training of cancer surgeons.
Ksenia Ivanova
Ksenia Ivanova
Russia
Ksenia Ivanova is a documentary photographer from St. Petersburg, Russia, born in 1990 in the USSR. In photography her main interest is focused on the problem of cultural and national identity. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Takie Dela, etc.
The human life
© Ksenia Ivanova
The human life
Andrei Pavlenko, a brilliant 39-year-old cancer surgeon, became a high-profile figure in the fight against cancer in Russia last year: diagnosed with stage 3 stomach cancer in March 2018, he decided to devote his life to changing the system of cancer care in Russia.
Andrei’s children are watching their dad behind the scenes of Andrei Malakhov’s television show. One month after Andrei started his online diary, his story was featured by all major television networks in Russia, making him a media celebrity and creating additional stress for his family.
Ksenia Ivanova
Ksenia Ivanova
Russia
Ksenia Ivanova is a documentary photographer from St. Petersburg, Russia, born in 1990 in the USSR. In photography her main interest is focused on the problem of cultural and national identity. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Takie Dela, etc.
The human life
© Ksenia Ivanova
The human life
Andrei Pavlenko, a brilliant 39-year-old cancer surgeon, became a high-profile figure in the fight against cancer in Russia last year: diagnosed with stage 3 stomach cancer in March 2018, he decided to devote his life to changing the system of cancer care in Russia.
Andrei walks to the surgery department where he will undergo surgery.In mid-summer of 2018 Andrei had to stop performing surgeries due to peripheral neuropathy. He cannot feel his fingertips anymore, making it impossible to hold surgery tools. In August, he established his charity.
Ksenia Ivanova
Ksenia Ivanova
Russia
Ksenia Ivanova is a documentary photographer from St. Petersburg, Russia, born in 1990 in the USSR. In photography her main interest is focused on the problem of cultural and national identity. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Takie Dela, etc.
The human life
© Ksenia Ivanova
The human life
Andrei Pavlenko, a brilliant 39-year-old cancer surgeon, became a high-profile figure in the fight against cancer in Russia last year: diagnosed with stage 3 stomach cancer in March 2018, he decided to devote his life to changing the system of cancer care in Russia.
Andrei prepares for a PET scan.After eight experimental chemotherapy courses (instead of the usual four), Andrei moved to Moscow for more tests. A CT scan showed that the tumor responded to chemotherapy, shrinking by half. His type of cancer requires that the stomach is removed entirely.
Ksenia Ivanova
Ksenia Ivanova
Russia
Ksenia Ivanova is a documentary photographer from St. Petersburg, Russia, born in 1990 in the USSR. In photography her main interest is focused on the problem of cultural and national identity. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Takie Dela, etc.
The human life
© Ksenia Ivanova
The human life
Andrei Pavlenko, a brilliant 39-year-old cancer surgeon, became a high-profile figure in the fight against cancer in Russia last year: diagnosed with stage 3 stomach cancer in March 2018, he decided to devote his life to changing the system of cancer care in Russia.
Andrei is waiting for the doors of the surgery suit to open.According to statistics, about 3 percent of stomach removal operations have a lethal outcome.
Ksenia Ivanova
Ksenia Ivanova
Russia
Ksenia Ivanova is a documentary photographer from St. Petersburg, Russia, born in 1990 in the USSR. In photography her main interest is focused on the problem of cultural and national identity. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Takie Dela, etc.
The human life
© Ksenia Ivanova
The human life
Andrei Pavlenko, a brilliant 39-year-old cancer surgeon, became a high-profile figure in the fight against cancer in Russia last year: diagnosed with stage 3 stomach cancer in March 2018, he decided to devote his life to changing the system of cancer care in Russia.
Andrei washes his head and face after surgery on his own.After surgery, Andrei receives painkillers every four hours. He can hardly talk.
Ksenia Ivanova
Ksenia Ivanova
Russia
Ksenia Ivanova is a documentary photographer from St. Petersburg, Russia, born in 1990 in the USSR. In photography her main interest is focused on the problem of cultural and national identity. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Takie Dela, etc.
The human life
© Ksenia Ivanova
The human life
Andrei Pavlenko, a brilliant 39-year-old cancer surgeon, became a high-profile figure in the fight against cancer in Russia last year: diagnosed with stage 3 stomach cancer in March 2018, he decided to devote his life to changing the system of cancer care in Russia.
Andrei’s wife helps him get up for the first time after stomach removal.After surgery, Andrei will lose 10 kg and will not be able to perform surgery for six months. According to a WHO joint project, Russia was among the top five countries in the world with the largest number of cancer-related deaths in 2018. Andrei is fighting to change this.
Ksenia Ivanova
Ksenia Ivanova
Russia
Ksenia Ivanova is a documentary photographer from St. Petersburg, Russia, born in 1990 in the USSR. In photography her main interest is focused on the problem of cultural and national identity. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Takie Dela, etc.
The human life
The human life
Jury Honorable Mention, Special Prize by China Daily
Single
© Andrea Alai
Mesmerized
Yasa is mesmerized by soap bubbles in the magic room of an event for kids near Cherkasy, Ukraine.Yasa is a 9-year-old girl from Donetsk (Ukraine) suffering from Crouzon Syndrome, a congenital disease that affects about 1 out of 50,000 children. Karate has become extremely important to her to keep developing both her mental and physical skills. Everyday she dreams the black belt.
Mesmerized
Andrea Alai
Andrea Alai
Italy
Mesmerized
Mesmerized
1st place
© Sergei Gapon
Tundra Cup
Children of reindeer herders play football on the snow. The FIFA World Cup was held for the first time in Russia in 2018. Football fever swept through the whole country, even Russia's frozen Arctic, which is home to half a million people who live the way their ancestors did for millennia.
Tundra Cup
Sergei Gapon
Sergei Gapon
Belarus
Sergei was born in 1989 in the historical town of Kreva, some 100 km from Minsk, Belarus. He graduated from Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts in 2011 with a degree in cultural studies. Sergei has been working as a photojournalist at Agence France-Presse (AFP) since 2012.
Tundra Cup
Tundra Cup
2nd place
© Fatma Fahmy
A source of happiness
Children from a local tribe find a source of happiness in a tree near the border between Egypt and Sudan.
A source of happiness
Fatma Fahmy
Fatma Fahmy
Egypt
Fatmah Fahmy is an Egyptian photographer born in 1991 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Obtained a B.A in chemical engineering from Cairo University in 2013. Fell in love with photography at an early age and became curious about social issues in her country.
A source of happiness
A source of happiness
3rd place, Special prize by Al Mayadeen TV
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