Year of Winning Submission: 2016
Daniel Gonzalez Acuña has a PhD in archaeology and a postgraduate degree in photojournalism and documentary photography, both from the University of Seville. As a photojournalist, he covers breaking news, sports and performing arts for several news agencies.
Year of Winning Submission: 2016
Clara Braddick is a New York-based photographer and user experience designer. Her photography focuses on the interactions connecting people, space, and environment. Clara has a BFA in photography, and is currently enrolled in Hyper Island’s Interactive Art Director program in Stockholm, Sweden.
Year of Winning Submission: 2016
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Christian Bobst, born in 1971 in Switzerland, studied graphic design and then worked for almost 15 years as an art and creative director for major advertising agencies in Switzerland and Germany before becoming a documentary photographer and photojournalist. From his base in Zürich, he covers stories around the world. In 2016 he was one of the prizewinners of the World Press Photo Awards.
Year of Winning Submission: 2016
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Carlotta Cardana is an Italian portrait and documentary photographer based in London. She currently divides her time between personal projects and commissions for magazines. Her work has won numerous awards and been exhibited at festivals and galleries across Europe and the United States.
Year of Winning Submission: 2016
Brett Davies is an Australian who has spent the last nine years in Sri Lanka. A passionate photographer, he has been taking street scenes and portraits in Sri Lanka since he arrived, seeking images that capture feeling, colour and honest simplicity.
Year of Winning Submission: 2016
Biel Calderon is a multimedia producer with more than eight years of experience working in visual communication, journalism and island hopping. He is currently a multimedia producer for Greenpeace South-east Asia, based out of Bangkok.
Year of Winning Submission: 2016
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Aydin Cetinbostanoglu was born in 1954 at İzmir, Turkey. His photographic career began as an apprentice to a master photographer in the 1960s. He studied political science and history in Ankara University, graduating in 1978. His work has featured in more than sixty photo exhibitions in Turkey and abroad.
Winning Story: Tureky
Year of Winning Submission: 2016
Andrea Borgarello has a diploma in professional photography from the Washington School of Photography as well as a PhD and two master’s degrees in development economy. He has more than ten years of work experience in photography and development within organisations such as the World Bank, African Development Bank, Italian Government and various NGOs.
Winning Story: Honduras
Year of Winning Submission: 2016
Ali Chraibi, from Marrakech, Morocco, started photography in 1995 at the French Institute of Marrakech. Since then, his work has been shown in numerous exhibitions in Africa, Europe and North and South America. Among his awards is winning the Sud du Sud prize at the Biennale of Dakar.
Year of Winning Submission: 2016
Aleksei Akseshin, born in 1986, graduated from the department of oriental studies at Saint Petersburg State University. As a photographer, he has worked in a Danish school of media and journalism, and collaborated with non-profit organisations and charities.
