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Single
© Esteban Biba
Shield Wall
1st place
Soldiers and policemen with sticks and shields detained hundreds of Honduran migrants who made up the Migrant Caravan in January 2021. The soldiers detained them in Vado Hondo, Chiquimula a few kilometers from the border between Guatemala and Honduras. The migrants were trying to cross Guatemala to reach the United States. Most members of the caravan left their country after storms ETA and IOTA devastated their communities.
Esteban Biba
Esteban Biba
Guatemala
Guatemalan photojournalist active for the past 14 years, his work has been published in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and El País in Spain. He has worked for some of the most important print media in his country and is currently a staff photographer for EFE international agency and a contributor for European Pressphoto Agency (EPA).
Shield Wall
Shield Wall
1st place
© Artyom Mikryukov
Guards
2nd place
Armenian law enforcement officers stand guard outside the government building during an opposition rally to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan, Armenia.
Artyom Mikryukov
Artyom Mikryukov
Russia
Born in Kirov, Artyom works as a freelance photographer with Reuters.
Guards
Guards
2nd place
© Keyvan Jafari
The funeral of Allameh Hassanzadeh Amoli
3rd place
The funeral of Allameh Hassanzadeh Amoli was held in Amol, Iran, with the enthusiastic presence of the people. He was a theologian, jurist, mystic, astronomer and teacher of seminary courses. He also wrote poems in Persian, Tabari and Arabic.
Keyvan Jafari
Keyvan Jafari
Iran
Keyvan Jafari was born in 1993 in Sari, Iran, He is a freelance photojournalist and documentary photographer working in the field of environmental photography.
The funeral of Allameh Hassanzadeh Amoli
The funeral of Allameh Hassanzadeh Amoli
3rd place
© Muhammad Amdad Hossain
Fatigue Sleep
Jury Honorable Mention
Many homeless people in Dhaka have lost their homes and properties due to frequent Covid 19 outbreaks, floods, river erosion, and other natural calamities. They were forced to migrate to the city in search of a better future. These people have nowhere to take shelter in big cities. Their day starts in dump streets and ends in roads to nowhere. The concrete-covered street is a flower bed for these refugees, who have practically lost their identity. They live by working as street hawkers, labourers, and doing other odd jobs. Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Muhammad Amdad Hossain
Muhammad Amdad Hossain
Bangladesh
Muhammad Amdad Hossain lives in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Travel and documentary photography are his main areas of interest, which he has been pursuing for the past four years. He has won numerous national and international awards.
Fatigue Sleep
Fatigue Sleep
Jury Honorable Mention
© Dante Diosina JR
Chapel turns into a COVID-19 ward
Jury Honorable Mention. Special Prize by International Committee of the Red Cross
Healthcare workers attend to COVID-19 patients on August 20, 2021, inside a chapel converted into an intensive care unit by the Quezon City General Hospital.
Dante Diosina JR
Dante Diosina JR
Philippines
A freelance visual journalist with nearly a decade of work experience in news and documentary photography and videography focused on social injustices, armed conflict, disaster, health, environmental and other development issues.
Chapel turns into a COVID-19 ward
Chapel turns into a COVID-19 ward
Jury Honorable Mention. Special Prize by International Committee of the Red Cross
Series
© Chandan Khanna
Just Numb
1st place
The tornado that hit Kentucky affected thousands of families just days before Christmas. In total, at least 88 people died, with fatalities also recorded in Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, and Illinois. Many homes, businesses, and churches in Mayfield, population 10,000, have blue tarps nailed over the gaping holes left in the buildings, but on other structures, roofs and blown out windows remain open to the sky. Work crews hauled away tons of debris in western Kentucky towns pulverized by deadly tornadoes as the traumatized residents began to rebuild their shattered lives. Some locals opted to stay in their damaged houses after the tornadoes struck last week instead of moving in with family or into shelters, as others did. But the destruction that raked across six states has triggered lesser-known tragedies too, in several instances out of the reach of a huge rescue and recovery operation. Rebuilding hard-hit Kentucky cities like Mayfield and Dawson Springs will take years, with entire neighborhoods devastated.
Just Numb
Chandan Khanna
Chandan Khanna
India
Chandan Khanna is a photojournalist working with Agence France-Presse based in Miami, Florida, and covering North America.
Just Numb
Just Numb
1st place
© Mostafa Bassim
Capitol Riot
2nd place
Pro-Trump protesters storm the U.S. Capitol to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the Congress, at the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
Capitol Riot
Mostafa Bassim
Mostafa Bassim
Egypt
Mostafa Bassim is a photojournalist and documentary photographer based in NYC. His career in photojournalism began during his participation in the January 25th revolution in Egypt, when he co-founded Sotna, a local newspaper in his hometown, which he used to document the atrocities committed by the regime. Mostafa has covered a range of topics in his work, from the aftermath of the Egyptian Revolution to economic and societal issues.
Capitol Riot
Capitol Riot
2nd place
© Adra Pallón
Lost Generation
Jury Honorable Mention
We are the best-prepared generation in the history of Southern Europe. Yet we were sold a future that does not exist here. We inherited the deindustrialization and touristification of our countries. European policies centered the economic activity of these southern countries around the tertiary sector, turning them into tourist resorts for the northern countries which have industry and a solid flourishing economy. These policies have brought with them a precipitous increase in job instability, a wealth gap and gentrification. This last phenomenon has caused families to lose their homes and made housing inaccessible to young people, the lost generation that is living between two enormous crises. Entire families are unemployed, many of them barely surviving thanks to their grandparents' low pensions. Others are stressed, trying to make ends meet and some are unable to. We have failed to achieve the promised welfare state. Instead, we witness and experience increasing misery every day.
Lost Generation
Adra Pallón
Adra Pallón
Spain
I am a documentary photographer, based in the north of Spain. Professionally, I have been employed by regional media outlets as a photojournalist. Since working independently, I have published my work in the national media and my documentary work in this region has echoed throughout the country.
Lost Generation
Lost Generation
Jury Honorable Mention
Single
© Фото : Эдгар Брещанов
The man who changed everything
1st place
Patson Daka became the hero of the Europa League group match between Spartak and Leicester City. He scored all the goals for Leicester, securing a phenomenal victory for his team and fans. No one could stop the player who seemed to have found a key to Spartak’s goalpost. Patson celebrated his fourth goal with a somersault, as pictured in the photo, to show the emotions from his triumph that day.
Эдгар Брещанов
Edgar Brechshanov
Russia
Born in Moscow in 1996. Graduated from the Lomonosov MIREA – Russian Technological University. He became interested in photography during his first year there. In 2015, he started working as a sports photojournalist for the Fanat1k.ru website. In 2016, Edgar began cooperating with the online publications MatchTV and Championat.com. Since 2022, he has been working for the Torpedo Moscow Football Club.
The man who changed everything
The man who changed everything
1st place
© JIANFEI XIE
Snow Dragon Dance
2nd place
In early spring, the Xinyi Sports Park in Hegang City, Heilongjiang Province is still covered in snow. Fitness enthusiasts dance the ribbon dragon in the snow, which creates a beautiful scene in the park.
Jianfei Xie
Jianfei Xie
China
Xie Jianfei, a photographer with Xinhua News Agency since 2019, reported on COVID-19 in Hubei Province in 2020. Winner of the title "outstanding photographer in China's fight against COVID-19 in 2020” and second prize at the IPA international photography competition in 2021.
Snow Dragon Dance
Snow Dragon Dance
2nd place
© Long Zhang
The 20th Tour of Qinghai Lake cycling race
3rd place
Competitors ride during the seventh stage of the 20th Tour of Qinghai Lake cycling race in northwest China, July 17, 2021.
Long Zhang
Long Zhang
China
Born in Qinghai in 1996, Zhang Long graduated from Shaanxi Normal University. Zhang has been working for the Qinghai branch of Xinhua News Agency as a photojournalist since 2018. He mainly documents the life and work of the people on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Zhang took up sports photography recently and mainly shoots curling, basketball, and cycling.
The 20th Tour of Qinghai Lake cycling race
The 20th Tour of Qinghai Lake cycling race
3rd place
Series
© Yevgeny Konoplyov
Bone crushers
1st place
Haer shaalgan, or breaking spine bones, is an old Buryatian pastime that was recognized as a national sport in 2020. Players try to break a cow or camel bone with the sharp movement of their hands. In popular Buryatian competitions, bone crushers can win cars and apartments. Thirty people participated in the first competition in 2013 and by 2020, the number grew. In haer shaalgan, 7 of the 13 largest bones from the same cow, bull or camel are used. Each bone must be at least 30 cm long, 4 cm wide and 6 mm thick. There are more than 20 tactics and the bone crushers often invent their own. They hit from the front, on the sides, while jumping and even from behind. This is a story about bone crushers from the Tunkinsky District of Buryatia. Khoito-Gol is a remote town, surrounded by the Sayany Mountains on three sides. Locals believe that its isolation helped preserve the custom of bone crushing.
Костоломы
Yevgeny Konoplyov
Yevgeny Konoplyov
Russia
Photojournalist from the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. He lives in Ulan-Ude and works at the Inform Polis Publishing House. He also freelances for the Lyudi Baikala magazine.
Bone crushers
Bone crushers
1st place
© Mouneb Taim
Sport and fun instead of war and fear
2nd place. Special Prize by International Committee of the Red Cross
In the Syrian village of Al-Jina near Aleppo, Wassim Sttot has opened a karate school for children. What makes it special is that girls and boys with and without disabilities are taught together. They are between 6 and 15 years old. With his school, Satot wants to create a sense of community and overcome war experiences — Aleppo was fiercely contested — in the minds of the children.
Sport and fun instead of war and fear
Mouneb Taim
Mouneb Taim
Syria
Mouneb Taim is a freelance photographer who covers the war that has been raging in his native Syria for the last nine years. He has been documenting events in his native city for local publications.
Sport and fun instead of war and fear
Sport and fun instead of war and fear
2nd place. Special Prize by International Committee of the Red Cross
© Ercin Erturk
Strong wings, steel feet
3rd place
Turkey’s Sahinbey Municipality’s Amputee Football Team is training for the EAFF Amputee Football Champions League in May 2021. Amputee sports has become popular in Turkey in recent years especially due to the success of the national teams in many sports. Amputee football was officially recognized in Turkey in 2004. This inspired many young people to take up sports. Founded in 2017, Sahinbey Municipality’s Amputee Football Team fought for the EAFF Amputee Football Champions Cup in May 2021. Daily life is not easy for disabled people. It sometimes gets harder for amputee footballers. Their health can make training a challenge. These young footballers do their best to keep playing and win matches.
Strong wings, steel feet
Ercin Erturk
Ercin Erturk
Turkey
Ercin Erturk was born in Sinop in Northern Turkey He studied journalism in the Faculty of Communication at Gazi University in Ankara After graduation he started to work at Turkeys official news agency Anadolu Agency as staff photojournalist He has been assigned to the Aegean city Izmir.
Strong wings, steel feet
Strong wings, steel feet
3rd place
© Фото : Ali Sharifzade
Boxing is a forbidden sport
Jury Honorable Mention
In Iran, several thousand female boxers train illegally and secretly in the basements of houses, parks and underground clubs. In Iran, boxing is forbidden for women, but athletes compete in world championships abroad and often win. Dr. Mahin Farhadizad, Deputy Minister of Sports in President Rouhani's government, said about the ban on such sports as boxing and powerlifting for women: "We cannot accept a sport that affects the entire body system and physiology of women."
Boxing is a forbidden sport
Ali  Sharifzade
Ali Sharifzade
Iran
Ali Sharifzade was born in 1992 in Tehran, Iran. He graduated of photojournalism at news university and film making at Iranian youth cinema society. He began working professionally in the Iranian press when he was 22, at Pana News Agency. His projects are about social issues and the younger generation.
Boxing is a forbidden sport
Boxing is a forbidden sport
Jury Honorable Mention
Single
© Abdul Momin
Red Chili Workers
1st place
Women workers are hand-picking and sorting red chili peppers in a traditional way.
Abdul Momin
Abdul Momin
Bangladesh
Having taken up photography in college, Abdul quit his office job one day to focus on the lives of the people around him. His work has appeared in The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph, National Geographic and The Mirror. He is a recipient of numerous national and international awards. Abdul says that photography transformed his life by allowing him to share his view of the world with others.
Red Chili Workers
Red Chili Workers
1st place
© Giacomo d'Orlando
Nemo's Garden
2nd place
Nemo's Garden is the first system of underwater greenhouses in the world. Its biosphere is located 40 meters off the coast of Noli, a small village on the Ligurian coast, at a depth between 6 and 12 meters to enable the plants to draw on the necessary source of light for their development. This completely self-sustainable project represents an alternative farming system that will help us to tackle new challenges brought on by climate change.
Giacomo d'Orlando
Giacomo d'Orlando
Italy
Giacomo d Orlando is a documentary photographer focused on environmental and social issues. His work looks at how the increasing pressures brought about by climate change are reshaping the planet and how present-day society is reacting to the new challenges that will determine our future.
Nemo's Garden
Nemo's Garden
2nd place
© Armin Graca
Sarajevo Waves
3rd place
The floods caused by heavy rains have created many problems for the people of Sarajevo. One of the hardest-hit neighborhoods is Otes in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Sarajevo Waves building complex, located in that part of the capital, is still underwater. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, risks caused by climate change are exacerbated by high unemployment among the most vulnerable groups of the population, damaged infrastructure, and lags in technological innovation. Climate change in Bosnia and Herzegovina include increases in temperature, more extreme weather, floods, droughts, heatwaves, and rainfall variability with decreasing summer averages.
Armin Graca
Armin Graca
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Armin Graca is a self-taught photographer and self-publisher from Sarajevo. He uses his camera to interact with people and tell their stories through a visual experience.
Sarajevo Waves
Sarajevo Waves
3rd place
© Rajendra Mohan Pandey
Cracking the Ice
Jury Honorable Mention. Special Prize by Al Mayadeen TV
A boatman tries to cross the frozen Dal Lake by cracking the ice and pushing the boat forward. The photograph has been taken in Srinagar, India, during its coldest winter period called the Chillai Kalan.
Rajendra Mohan Pandey
Rajendra Mohan Pandey
India
Rajendra Mohan Pandey is a Kolkata based documentary and street photographer. He has been a practicing visual storyteller for the past six years. His work features images of street life and people from various socioeconomic backgrounds focusing on their life in a more intimate form.
Cracking the Ice
Cracking the Ice
Jury Honorable Mention. Special Prize by Al Mayadeen TV
Series
© Alessandro Cinque
Alpaqueros
1st place
Peru is home to the world’s largest number of alpacas. The country has approximately 4 million of the animals, which is roughly 70% of the world ‘s total alpaca population. They are reared in high-altitude regions, generally more than 3,000 meters above sea level. The animals play a critical role in the lives of communities along the Andean plateau where crops cannot be grown and the only economic activity, besides mining, is alpaca herding. More than 1 million people, depend exclusively on alpacas for their livelihoods. Climate change poses a growing risk to alpacas and the communities they sustain. The Andes are experiencing shorter, but more intense, rainy seasons, and longer periods of drought. Frosts and hail storms have become more common. Changing weather patterns are shrinking natural pastures and reducing the quality of grasses. Peru already has lost 53.5 percent of its glacier coverage and could be without glaciers by 2100. This project aims to investigate how climate change in Peru is affecting Alpaca breeders by turning them into reluctant "climate migrants".
Alpaqueros
Alessandro Cinque
Alessandro Cinque
Italy
Alessandro Cinque is an Italian photojournalist based in Lima. His work explores environmental and socio-political issues, and has appeared in publications such as the NY Times, and National Geographic magazine. He went to ICP in NY. He's a stringer for Reuters.
Alpaqueros
Alpaqueros
1st place
© Filippo Ferraro
Lost Roots: the Olive Tree Apocalypse in Italy
2nd place
The Salento region, located in the heel of Italy's boot, is widely known for its olive oil. But since 2013, a plant bacterium, Xylella fastidiosa, has been responsible for a disease that is killing millions of olive trees in what is considered the world's worst phytosanitary emergency. This epidemic, for which there is still no remedy, has devastated the landscape and caused massive economic and environmental damage: many people have lost their livelihoods and a huge green lung has been wiped out along with its carbon-fixing capacity. But another, more intimate loss affects the lives of local people: the loss of their own identity. Some 60 million olive trees in the region, many of them centuries old, are deeply rooted in local culture, as symbols of ancient traditions and legacies of past generations. With the spread of this plague, people have lost not only the roots of their trees but also the roots that emotionally connect them to their past.
Lost Roots: the Olive Trees Apocalypse in Italy
Filippo Ferraro
Filippo Ferraro
Italy
Born in 1990, after a Law degree and some work experience in the insurance field, he decided to devote his attention to an in-depth study of documentary photography. His research focuses mainly on social, political and environmental issues. Filippo Farraro is currently based in Trieste - Italy.
Lost Roots: the Olive Tree Apocalypse in Italy
Lost Roots: the Olive Tree Apocalypse in Italy
2nd place
© Artyom Onopriyenko
Children of the Arctic
3rd place
These photos were taken on the Taimyr Peninsula, located above the Arctic Circle. These photos are about children who live far away from civilization, whose way of life and living conditions are similar to those of their ancestors. They have no internet or means of communication with society. The camera gave me the ability to capture unique moments from their lives.
Children of the arctic
Artyom Onopriyenko
Artem Onoprienko
Russia
Artem Onoprienko was born in 1988 in Uralsk, Kazakhstan. He works as a business analyst in the IT sector and manages a photography club at the National Research University in Samara. He has won a number of professional national and regional photo contests, including the Young Russian Photographers international festival.
Children of the Arctic
Children of the Arctic
3rd place
© Erdem Sahin
Meet the sea snot that global warming has given us
Jury Honorable Mention
You walk along the coast every day, relax by the sea, take a swim, and then one morning you find the water has turned brown. What do you feel? I was frightened. I felt the reality of global warming to my bones. The Sea of Marmara is an important region of Turkey, with many large cities on its shores. Because of global warming, a blanket of a mucus-like substance in the Marmara Sea is increasing day by day, threatening the fishing industry and the environment. According to media reports, a layer of so-called sea snot, (marine mucilage) formed as a result of the proliferation of microalgae called phytoplankton in the sea, has reached water levels as deep as 30 meters below the surface in some parts of the Marmara Sea. The main reason for this is that the water temperature in the Marmara Sea is 2.5 degrees higher than average levels over the last 40 years.
Meet the sea snot as global warming has given us
Erdem Sahin
Erdem Sahin
Turkey
Erdem Sahin studied photography at the Kocaeli University Fine Arts department. He started working for European Pressphoto Agency as a stringer photojournalist in 2013. He is currently an employed photojournalist at EPA's Istanbul office.
Meet the sea snot as global warming has given us
Meet the sea snot that global warming has given us
Jury Honorable Mention
© Muhammad Amdad Hossain
Flood
Jury Honorable Mention
In the last few months, the flood situation has worsened around Dhaka, in Kishoreganj, due to unseasonal rains and landslides. The water level is still rising in all the nearby rivers. As a result, several villages have been submerged. People in these areas, which have been under water for six months, have lost their only crop in the floods and are now in dire straits, facing challenging life conditions. The pictures were taken from the Austagram area of the Kishoreganj district of Bangladesh on September 22, 2021.
Flood
Muhammad Amdad Hossain
Muhammad Amdad Hossain
Bangladesh
Muhammad Amdad Hossain lives in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Travel and documentary photography are his main areas of interest, which he has been pursuing for the past four years. He has won numerous national and international awards.
Flood
Flood
Jury Honorable Mention
Single
© Muhammad Amdad Hossain
Lights And Hope
1st place
Father Loknath said that he would light lamps and incense in the Ashram after fasting in Kartik for a month to prevent life-threatening diseases. Worshipers observe this fast, or Kartikabrata, on the last 15 days of the Kartik month every year to wish their loved ones good luck. Thousands of devotees prayed at the Loknath Brahmachari Ashram and the temple at barodi in the capital on the occasion of Kartikabrata or Rakher Upobash. When the lamp was lit in the evening, they broke the fast.
Muhammad Amdad Hossain
Muhammad Amdad Hossain
Bangladesh
Muhammad Amdad Hossain lives in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Travel and documentary photography are his main areas of interest, which he has been pursuing for the past four years. He has won numerous national and international awards.
Lights And Hope
Lights And Hope
1st place
© Mushfiqul Alam
Hopes for a better life
2nd place
Lailya Begum's husband has been visually impaired since birth. He has also suffered from asthma and arthritis for the past few years. She has to beg from door to door to afford the cost of her husband's treatment and the expenses of her six children. She struggles to run such a huge household with the money she gets from begging. The situation was made even worse when the entire village was submerged during a horrific flood. They were water-logged for 4-5 days. To protect themselves from the flood, they took shelter in their neighbor's house. Her two sons were affected by water-borne diseases. She relied on the borrowed money from her neighbors and her days were filled with sorrow. She will be able to repair the damaged house, seek treatment for her husband, and provide a better future for her children if she receives assistance.
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.
Hoesfor a better life
Hopes for a better life
2nd place
© Vitaly Nevar
Unknown soldier
3rd place. Special Prize by Al Mayadeen TV
A member of the guard of honor during the burial of the remains of Soviet army soldiers on the eve of Victory Day celebrations.
Vitaly Nevar
Vitaly Nevar
Russia
Vitaly was born in 1989 and graduated from the civilian division of Kaliningrad Border Institute of the Russian Security Service. He has worked as a professional photographer for about five years and mainly focuses on news and documentary photography. Vitaly is a photojournalist for the Novy Kaliningrad (New Kaliningrad) internet portal and TASS news agency.
Unknown soldier
Unknown soldier
3rd place. Special Prize by Al Mayadeen TV
© Shibasish Saha
Evergreen smile
Jury Honorable Mention
This image was captured during a face painting event in the villages of West Bengal, to celebrate Bengali New Year. The grandmother was feeling shy to have her picture taken so she covered her face and smiled from behind.
Shibasish Saha
Shibasish Saha
India
Photographer and artist from India. Holder of the distinctions EFIAP, FFIP, HonPESGSPC and EIUP. Jury member for international exhibitions. Winner of awards in different international photography contests such as Siena, Photography4Humanity, HIPA, Whalebone, Wanderlust, Corporate Photography Contest etc. Loves to travel to different places around the world to document the way of life of real people in their natural surroundings.
Evergreen smile
Evergreen smile
Jury Honorable Mention
© Chandan Khanna
Ribbons of loss
Jury Honorable Mention
Cathy Tobias, 67, poses as she looks at her courtyard which has turned into a memorial for Covid-19 victims, in Anna Maria Island, Florida, on March 1, 2021. — When Cathy Tobias began tying a ribbon to a rope for each Covid-19 death in Florida, she had no idea her entire patio would end up being draped in color. The eye-catching tribute to those who have died in the Sunshine State during the pandemic crisscrosses her patio, weaves across stairs and onto a balcony at her home on Anna Maria Island, a small community on Florida's Gulf coast. There are now more than 30,000 ribbons in all colors of the rainbow — from pale pink to crimson to neon green. Sitting on a porch with a neighbor who has helped her create the memorial, Tobias said she began to tie the ribbons because she wanted to visualize the death toll.
Chandan Khanna
Chandan Khanna
India
Chandan Khanna is a photojournalist working with Agence France-Presse based in Miami, Florida, and covering North America.
Ribbons of loss
Ribbons of loss
Jury Honorable Mention
Series
© Shaghayegh Shayankhah
Hidden dream
1st place
Shif Island, located in the south of Iran in the Persian Gulf, is home to about 800 families. The dominant language in this village is Arabic. The occupation of most of the people in the Island is fishing. Women in this area wear colorful or patterned chadors. My goal in this photography project was to show what life is like for Shif's women; women and girls who, despite all the restrictions, still pursue their dreams. But most of these women and girls wear their chadors to be photographed, which for me was a reminder of their real life; women and girls with clothing full of colors and dreams hidden behind these chadors. It was a symbol of their lives. These colorful chadors concealed the truth of their lives, which I tried to reveal.
Hidden dream
Shaghayegh Shayankhah
Shaghayegh Shayankhah
Iran
I am Shaghayegh Shayankhah, born in 1999 and I live in Iran. My main interest is in portrait photography. I seek to discover the inner dimensions of the people around me. When I photograph people, I try to capture what cannot be seen with the naked eye.
Hidden dream
Hidden dream
1st place
© Zhanna Fashayan
Oxygen
2nd place
Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder affecting the lungs that makes it extremely difficult to breathe. Waiting for a lung transplant can take years, so people with the condition will rent empty lonely apartments in Moscow, where there is a higher chance of finding a donor. A donated lung is viable for only 2 to 3 hours. COVID-19 has only made the situation worse, as the attention of pulmonologists around the world turned to battling coronavirus, and cystic fibrosis patients were overshadowed. When I visited Lera, I learned that she had not been outside for several months because she was constantly hooked up to oxygen. Some of these patients have family who dropped everything to be near them. Like Dima’s wife, who was not deterred by his terminal diagnosis and married him. Like Lera’s sister who, after their mother’s death, dropped out of school because she didn’t want to lose her sister too. But what about those who are alone? How do they stay sane one-on-one with the disease? Some of them feel strong and try to work, like Lilya. She knits dogwear. But they can’t ever stop waiting. Waiting for the call that a donor has been found. For some, the wait is too long.
Oxygen
Жанна Фашаян
Zhanna Fashayan
Russia
Documentary photographer working with charity foundations. I graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University in 2019 with a degree in photography. I am a member of the Russian Union of Photography Artists and the Moscow Region Union of Artists, and I have participated in regional and national exhibitions.
Oxygen
Oxygen
2nd place
© Danilo Garcia Di Meo
DYS
3rd place
Dyslexic people are often labeled as listless, inattentive and lazy; the experience, however, does not confirm this prejudice. “Dyslexia” comes from the Greek where “dys” means missing and “lexis” language. Dyslexia is not a weakness, it’s a condition, a disorder. It interferes with reading, writing, and counting, resulting in learning difficulties. With the help of compensatory strategies, dyslexic people can overcome the frustration that accompanies their experience and go on to great thing. Prominent dyslexics include Albert Einstein, John Lennon, Agatha Christie, Pablo Picasso, Magic Johnson, Jennifer Aniston and many others. With the right guidance, people with dyslexia can succeed in any sphere: the arts, sports, languages, social professions, science, nature. Or even photography, as in my case.
DYS
Danilo Garcia Di Meo
Danilo Garcia Di Meo
Italy
Danilo Garcia Di Meo is an Italian documentary photographer. He currently works with several NGO and press agencies, and took part in Sky Arts Master of Photography 2019. He received the Gran Prix at the Andrei Stenin Contest, and awards at MIFA and TIFA. He has exhibited in Moscow, Rome, Cape Town, Istanbul and Shanghai.
DYS
DYS
3rd place
© Ebrahim Alipoor
The Dark Days
Jury Honorable Mention
Afghanistan, now called the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, has been plagued by war, poverty, and insecurity for more than four decades. The Taliban, which previously held power for about 4 years, is now back in charge. The illicit opium trade is intertwined with Afghanistan’s economy. Currently, this 1,000 bed camp houses 3,500 drug addicts who were forced to go through withdrawal by the Taliban. They did not eat for a week because the Taliban had no money for food. The detainees show the range of Afghan lives hollowed out by the country’s tumultuous past of war, invasion, and hunger. They were poets, soldiers, merchants, interpreters, and farmers. Helplessness and distress, uncertainty, broken family ties, and despair have made the present unbearable for them. In their confusion, they search for their lost identity and that of their country. No one knows how many more days the people in this camp can endure.
The Dark Days
Ebrahim Alipoor
Ebrahim Alipoor
Iran
Ebrahim Alipoor was born in 1990 in Baneh, Kurdistan, western Iran, where he developed a deep interest in photography. He began working as a professional photographer at 19.
The Dark Days
The Dark Days
Jury Honorable Mention