2023
NOMINEES
THE GRADUAL DEATH OF THE WETLAND
MEHDI MOHEBI POUR
The Miankaleh Wetland located in the north of Iran has hosted birds and animals for many years. Today it is in danger of destruction due to lack of attention and proper management. Water shortage and drought on the one hand. On the one hand..unauthorised hunting and hunting..and intentional fires on the one hand..planting and harvesting drugs on the other hand..the area above the…
APOCALYPSE IN MARIUPOL
VALERY MELNIKOV
I first went to the Donbass eight years ago, when the war between Ukraine and Russia was just beginning. After a few years, the active phase of the confrontation ended and the conflict seemed to have been frozen for many years. But in February 2022 the war broke out with renewed vigour, and I was back again.
After heavy fighting and huge civilian casualties, a humanitarian disaster reigned in Mariupol, but some residents returned to set up life from scratch: some took apart the rubble, …
THE OTHER DAYS OF LIFE
OLEKSANDR RUPETA
Having launched a war as a fulminant blitzkrieg, Russia has, instead, become bogged down for years in an incredibly bloody conflict against a nation that refuses to be conquered. While the capabilities of the Ukrainian resistance against a much more powerful opponent depend to a large extent on the help of partners, over time, the news of the war turns into a routine, and fatigue sets in for people not directly participating in the conflict.
If everything continues in the same direction, possible
PLASTIC TREASURE
ALAIN SCHROEDER
The city of Dhaka, Bangladesh is grappling with a massive environmental issue; overwhelming plastic waste driven by its rapid urbanization and population expansion. A host of initiatives and grassroots recycling networks have sprung up as a solution to combat this challenge with local residents playing a pivotal role in collecting, sorting, and delivering plastic materials to recycling facilities. Despite extremely challenging work conditions, this grassroots collective significantly curtails ..
BAKHMUT FORTRESS
DIEGO HERRERA CARCEDO
This photo essay was taken between July 2022 and April 2023 in Bakhmut, Ukraine. The city became a fortress for Ukrainian troops resisting the constant attack of the Russian army. A look from the first Russian shelling, where hundreds of civilians were killed or wounded, to the last Ukrainian soldiers who held out until the last line of the city. The capture of the city by Russian troops took place on 21 May 2023, after almost 10 months of battle.
2022
NOMINEES
DESOLATION
ALEJANDRO MARTINEZ VELEZ
The escalating tension between Russia and Ukraine finally blew up in the early morning of February 24, 2022, after almost eight years of war in the Donbas region, with the entry of the Russian Army into the Ukrainian territory.
FIGHT FOR HOME
K M ASAD
“For the past six months, we have not been able to sleep because of the “thieves”. They come at night and eat our food”, says the Garo village headman’s wife Mimita. She says that almost every night, a herd of 40 to 50 elephants moves across the border from Meghalaya, India into the Sherpur District in Bangladesh. …
TRIBUTE TO ODESA
LAETITIA VANCON
In June 2022, I worked for three weeks in Ukraine, where I focused on Odesa region and city, a symbolic and strategic place. When I arrived there, almost six months after the war began, Odesa was resisting, not untouched, but unbowed. It found its solutions to fight back, not « physically » but by defending and keep on being all what the city embodies…
UKRAINE, THE LAST WAR IN EUROPE
DIEGO HERRERA CARCEDO
This report develops from the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The Donbass conflict, which began in 2014, escalated into a larger-scale war. Ukraine has become the scene of Europe’s latest war, a invasion initiated by Russia.
The photographs shows the consequences of the war on the Ukrainian people and their army.
WAR IN UKRAINE
NICOLE TUNG
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has triggered a refugee crisis, with over 7 million people fleeing the country, while another 8 million remain displaced within. Indiscriminate strikes on civilian areas by Russian forces have sent people underground, sometimes living in dank basements for months at a time. As the war hits its six month mark, the toll on the nation’s psyche and its citizens is all too stark.
2021
NOMINEES
LIFE AND LABOUR IN NIGERIA 2
CLETUS NELSON NWADIKE
Work is very essential in Nigeria and a man without work cannot be trusted. My father worked hard as a salesman until he died of a stroke at the age of 53 and my grandfather died in the army at the age of 50.
Most men in Nigeria die when they are between 30 and 55 years old. Their wives usually live about 20 years longer.
GANGBUSTER
JAVIER ARCENILLAS
Nestled between street borders and mired in permanent social oblivion, the Gangs impose their law on the streets of Central American cities with extreme violence.
The new programs such as “Yo Cambio” ( I Change) in the prisons of El Salvador intend to help many young people out of a complex and dangerous environment…
RESCUE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
DARRIN ZAMMIT LUPI
DROWNED HISTORY
MUSTAFA BILGE SATKIN
HONG KONG, TIMES OF DISSENT
IVAN ABREU
2019 marked a turning point in Hong Kong’s history. A proposal for an amendment of an extradition law by the Hong Kong government sparked a series of mass demonstrations.
The effects of the pro-democracy movement, the anti-Beijing sentiment and the increased social engagement may change the cities political future. The many demonstrations led to violent…