Below listed are the Nominees of the 2023 Independant & Freelance Photojournalist
Awards. The First & Second-placed entries are included.
![The gradual death of the wetland](https://ifpa.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/03010356/Image-1-1.jpg)
The gradual death of the wetland
Mehdi mohebi pour
STATUS:
Nominee
CATEGORY:
Environment
LOCATION:
Iran Miankaleh lagoon
PERIOD:
10/2021 – 09/2023
![Apocalypse in Mariupol](https://ifpa.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/03120203/Image-1-4.jpg)
Apocalypse in Mariupol
Valery Melnikov
STATUS:
Nominee
CATEGORY:
Spot News
LOCATION:
Mariupol, Ukraine
PERIOD:
05/2022 – 01/2023
![The Other Days of Life Thumbnail](https://ifpa.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/03005635/Image-1.jpg)
The Other Days of Life
Oleksandr Rupeta
STATUS:
Nominee
CATEGORY:
Solutions
LOCATION:
Ukraine
PERIOD:
03/2022 – 08/2023
![Plastic Treasure](https://ifpa.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/03115818/Image-1-3.jpg)
Plastic Treasure
Alain Schroeder
STATUS:
Nominee
CATEGORY:
Solutions
LOCATION:
Bangladesh
PERIOD:
08/2023 – 09/2023
![Bakhmut Fortress](https://ifpa.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/03115209/Image-1-2.jpg)
Bakhmut Fortress
Diego Herrera Carcedo
STATUS:
Nominee
CATEGORY:
Spot News
LOCATION:
Bakhmut, Ukraine
PERIOD:
07/2022 – 04/2023