THIRD PLACE – GIYA MAKONDO-WILLS
Giya Makondo-Wills They Came from the Water While the World Watched Project Description This work depicts indigenous South African Ancestral belief and Christianity, in relation to the colonisation of the country. The complex interplay between Christianity and Ancestral religion manifests...
HONOURABLE MENTION – DANTE DENNIS V. DIOSINA JR
Dante Dennis V. Diosina Jr The War on Drugs Project Description The war on drugs issue in the Philippines is so different. It is a strong campaign that has been underway since the newly elected President Rodrigo Duterte won the...
HONOURABLE MENTION – KEVIN FAINGNAERT
Kevin Faingnaert Føroyar Project Description Føroyar is a series about life in remote and sparsely populated villages on the Faroe Islands, a cluster of 18 islands in the middle of the North Atlantic, halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The roughly...
METRO IMAGING MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME ADDED TO 2017 GRAND PRIZE PACKAGE
Thanks to the ongoing support for Metro Imaging, the Grand Prize Winner of this year’s IAFOR Documentary Photography Award will once again be offered the opportunity to participate in the Metro Imaging Mentorship Programme. Since its inception a decade ago,...
THE IAFOR DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD 2017 JUDGING PANEL
We would like to welcome Monica Allende and Jocelyn Bain Hogg, who have been named as members of the judging panel for this year’s IAFOR Documentary Photography Award, alongside Founding Judge Paul Lowe. Paul Lowe, is the Course Director of...
MEDIASTORM OFFERS MULTIMEDIA TRAINING TO 2017 AWARD WINNERS
Thanks to the ongoing support of MediaStorm, all prize winners of the 2017 IAFOR Photography Documentary Award will once again receive free access to MediaStorm online training videos. In addition, winners of the Grand Prize, Second Place and Third Place...
