The seven outstanding artists are:
In addition to the grants, ten emerging photographers will receive year-long mentorships.
As a shepherd tending to his flock in the vast landscapes of Rajasthan, Taj Mohammad’s life took an unexpected turn with the 1998 nuclear test in Pokhran. Amidst the tranquil beauty of the desert, he unwittingly became a witness to the resounding explosion that reverberated across the land.
Melaw Nakehk’o is a moosehide tanner, an artist, a filmmaker and mother. “Through the process of reclaiming my cultural knowledge, I saw how the many teachings woven into our land practices could positively impact our first nation communities. Our Dene protocols and laws govern our reciprocal relationship with the land and animals. Moosehide tanning is a foundational Indigenous art form, it was our homes, our transportation, our clothes and in hard times our sustenance. It is the canvas of our visual cultural identity. The smoke smell triggers memories of grandmothers, the sound of scraping reminds us of our aunties working together, the beadwork and style of our moccasins represent our nations. Hide tanning is a revolutionary act of resistance. We occupy our traditional land, we are adhering to our traditional teachings and honoring our relationship with the animals that sustain us. Moosehide Tanning is Land Back”.
Marium, the orphaned baby Dugong (Dugong dugon) that was rescued from stranding embraces a veterinarian from the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, while being rehabilitated in the natural environment under cares from marine mammal experts, before dying from plastic ingestion four months later. The photo was taken at Dugong Bay, a small bay with healthy seagrass bed at Koh Libong Island, Trang Province, Thailand, May 24, 2019.While being rehabilitated, Marium showed promising signs of recovery, forming close bond with its caretakers and later gained widespread affection from the general publics, and her subsequent death helped driving major public movement and policies against single-use plastic products in Thailand and also strengthening of dugong conservation and management strategy in Thai waters.
The Rosemary plant, commonly used as a food herb. But for the Bedouin community it is added in hot drinks to cure stomach aches.
The Guarani people used to live in the Iberá area before the arrival of the Spaniards. The legend says that the daughter of the chief, Iberá, was in charge of the temple and the sacred snakes that her people worshiped. One day a white man arrives and invades the area and with a cross in his hand, a symbol unknown by the Guaraní people, he begins to evangelize the people. Only Ibéra and his father continued to cling to the old religion, and anguished, one night lberá decided to leave her people forever. She looked for the sacred snakes and went into the warm waters of the lagoon. The place’s old inhabitants say that a voice is heard many nights. It is the song of Iberá, that lives forever in the mysterious lagoon of Corrientes.
Before the mining company arrived in Ayaviri, in southern Peru, people lived on cheese and milk. Ayaviri’s cheese was exported all over the country. Local residents claim that, due to water pollution and drought, their cows began to produce less milk and milk of lower quality. As a result, cheese producers now have difficulty selling their products outside the city and the economic conditions of the breeders has dropped significantly. People in nearby markets do not want to buy what may be “contaminated cheese,” breeders say. In the picture, a woman lies on a drought land.
Shaheeda, Sabira, and Kammo, landless laborers on a nearby farm, recall the day of the 1998 nuclear test near Chacha village, just 5 kilometers from the Pokhran desert in India. On Oct. 25, 2023, they reflect on that moment, which unfolded as they prepared food at home, a day marked by an event both unprecedented and unimaginable.
CROATIA. April 2024. Kopački Rit. Early morning view of the wetland area. Damir Opacic, a ranger and former Director of Kopački Rit, contributed significantly by building the park, welcome center, and boardwalk, and initiating eco-tourism. Despite his efforts, he was later dismissed from his position. Currently, access to the Danube from the channels of the wetlands is impossible due to unusually low water levels, which is atypical for this time of year when the waters are normally at their highest in spring.
Volunteer veterinarians attempt to save a marsh deer from fatal burns caused by the wildfires in the northern Pantanal wetland in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil on August 23, 2020. The marsh deer is one of many endangered species that have been impacted by the wildfires in the Pantanal, region home to one of highest concentrations of biodiversity on the planet.
A group of children jumps into the water on the patio of Fredy “El Tigre”’s house in Santa Cruz del Islote on October 14, 2018. Because it is an artificial island, Santa Cruz del Islote does not have beaches or sand.
Photo-story of the Convex Seascape Survey taken on the 13th August in Jersey, capturing the scientists taking Mud samples and ROV videos of the sea floor. On Assignment for Blue Marine Foundation and Oceanographic Magazine.
The money that comes from the Chaccu doesn’t go to the families, but is shared by the community. The school has been recently reformed. “I want to study and become a teacher when I grow up”, says 9-year-old Jon. “I’m already practicing. When I come back to my house I teach my little brother Juanzito."
Two Yellowstone visitors pose for a selfie with a bison in-front of Old Faithful Geyser, ignoring park rules to maintain a 25 yard distance from wildlife, putting themselves in harms way.
A Waste Miner, a Rapper, Naziru, 24 years old also known as NAZBOY (stage name), using Snapchat to record himself while rapping with his Kwankwaso cap: a politician’s signature in Kano State. This was taken at Olusosun Landfill, Ikeja Lagos.
Mwamba, 35, digger in the mining town of Mutoshi, loads his telephone into his sister’s house in Fungurume, Lualaba province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on October 16, 2023.Having come from Kamina in search of a living, Mwamba started out as a trader, then as a digger and father of a family. After just a few years of work, Mwamba has already survived a landslide accident when working under a well.
During the wheat harvest, small farmers are categorized into three groups. The first group consists of educated smallholders who hold side jobs alongside managing their land. The second group comprises uneducated individuals who engage in daily labor, working on both their own land and the land of others. The third group includes those without land, who work as day laborers on someone else’s land.
Ali, 32 years old, has been working in the mine for over 13 years. The miners have to work longer hours to earn more wages, and every day they dig deeper into the tunnels to extract more coal.
Špela Kaplja takes a moment to admire a wild rose while cutting down some of unwanted and chaotically overgrown plants. May 25, Slovenia. © Ela Zdešar
