Category: Winners 2015
WINNERS 2015
Announcing the winners of the IAFOR Documentary Photography Award 2015
GRAND PRIZE – HOSAM KATAN
Hosam Katan Project Title: “Syria” Project Description My name is Hosam Katan and I am a 21 year old photographer from Syria. I was a student before the civil war in Syria. When the war began in my area I...
SECOND PLACE – YASMIN BALAI
Yasmin Balai Project Title: “Silver Linings” Project Description With the fall of Ceausescu in 1989, so fell a part of society. Under the pressure of the dictator’s abortion policies in order to increase the country’s population to strengthen the economy,...
THIRD PLACE – ROMAIN CHAMPALAUNE
Romain Champalaune Project Title: “Samsung Galaxy” Project Description After the Korean war (1950-53), South Korea was one of the poorest countries in the world. Yet, less than thirty years later, it became the world’s 15th largest economy. This success can...
COMMENDED ENTRY – OLGA INGURAZOVA
Olga Ingurazova Project Title: “Scars of Independence” Project Description A disputed region on the east coast of the Black Sea, Abkhazia was once a prosperous subtropical resort. However following the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the civil war resulting...
COMMENDED ENTRY – LITON MASUD ALAM
Liton Masud Alam Project Title: “Requiem for Freedom” Project Description For a human being, freedom is always a relative term. We all have the freedom to think as we please, but can we always express what we think? We are...
