Month: October 2018
WINNERS 2018
IAFOR Documentary Photography Award | Winners 2018 The judging panel and organisers are delighted to announce Ezra Acayan as the Grand Prize Winner of this year’s IAFOR Documentary Photography Award in recognition of his work documenting the ongoing war on...
GRAND PRIZE – EZRA ACAYAN
Ezra Acayan Duterte’s War On Drugs Is Not Over Project Description More than 27,000 dead: This is the result of a two-year war on drugs in the Philippines. In 2016, Rodrigo Duterte became the President of the Southeast Asian republic....
SECOND PLACE – SUBHRAJIT SEN
Subhrajit Sen Death Valley Project Description Sanjay Gope has never missed a step, this is because he has never taken one. The 18-year-old has been in a wheelchair all his life. Sanjay Gope comes from Bango, a village six kilometres...
THIRD PLACE – ELLIOTT VERDIER
Elliott Verdier A Shaded Path Project Description This is the story of a former Soviet republic landlocked in central Asia, Kyrgyzstan, home to six million people, esteemed for its nomadic traditions, its yurts, horses, breathtaking mountainous landscapes and steppe …...
HONOURABLE MENTION – CAMILLO PASQUARELLI
Camillo Pasquarelli The Valley of Shadows Project Description The valley of Kashmir, a territory disputed by India and Pakistan since 1947, is one of the most militarized zones in the world. In 2010, the Indian government provided the security forces...
HONOURABLE MENTION – FARSHID TIGHEHSAZ
Farshid Tighehsaz From Labyrinth Project Description In 2013, upon developing a skill in social documentary photography, Farshid decided to begin a long-term independent related series which hopes to offer a clearer image of his society (Iran) and is still in...