1st PLACE!
COW SILHOUETTES.
SVETLIN YOSIFOV, BULGARIA.
"As in 2021, when I first visited Mundari, this year, Mundari children are still working from a very early age. They and adults don't know when they were born or how old they are. In appearance, the youngest workers are between 6-8 years old."
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2nd PLACE!
FROM THE SERIES "DIGNITY AND IDENTITY: WASTE PICKERS OF PHNOM PENH".
STEFF GRUBER, SWITZERLAND.
"Amid the mountain of trash at the Dangkor landfill, two small children sit beneath a wire mesh basket covered with a semi-transparent cloth. The two little children hold each other in their arms and look directly into the camera. Behind them, the mountain of trash rises up."
3rd PLACE!
FORTITUDE.
PREETI & PRASHANT CHACKO, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.
"Age cannot wither nor rain dampen her infinite fortitude. A lioness decides to brave the rain rather than rush for shelter, in the Masai Mara in Kenya. We explore the theme of minimalism here and crafted the whole image with explicit purpose of saying a lot with little"
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