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Agnes Montanari Taking pictures means meeting people understanding and and sharing a a a a a a a a a a a a a a moment of their life The camera is is is is the the the the the the trigger that initiates the the the the the the relationship It is is is is a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a privilege when they “let you in in in in in in in in ” This This is is is is is what I I have been trying to to to achieve for the the the the the the last fifteen years by documenting these encounters photographically This This has led me me me me to to to develop personal projects such as as as A Quiet Revolution: Women of Yemen published by Le Monde (2011) (2011) and and the book Georgian Minorities (2011) (2011) I I have worked for for various organizations exhibiting and and publishing work work for for ICRC UNHCR Doctors Without Borders UNESCO among others (Photo shot around Lhasa China 2010 Photo Photo sponsor: Jay Hood ) Manyatsa Monyamane Monyamane born in in in in 1989 in in in in Mamelodi South Africa is is is a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a storyteller through imagery She holds a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a Bachelor of of of Technology in in in in in in Photography Monyamane Monyamane Monyamane has won several distinguished awards and been a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a finalist in in in in in in a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a number of of of of competitions Monyamane Monyamane was part of of of of a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a group exhibition titled Where
I I I I Seek I I I I Find Myself exhibited at at the the Museum of of of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA) in in in in in in Brooklyn New New York in in in in in in 2018 2018 In In 2018 2018 she was was a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a finalist for the the the International Women Photographers Award with a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a traveling exhibition in in in in in in in Dubai New New New Delhi Tokyo and and Paris She was was awarded the the Ampersand Foundation residency in in in in in New New York City in in in in in January 2018 (Photo shot in in in in in Mamelodi South Africa 2016 Photo sponsors: Judy Edwards and Rebekah ) Hannah Reyes Reyes Morales Morales is a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a Filipina photographer and and National Geographic Explorer Based in in Manila Reyes Reyes Morales’ work explores the the the the the universal themes of diaspora survival and and the the the the the bonds that tie us together She has photographed human trafficking at at sea for for for the the the the the the New York Times reported on on forced marriages in in in in in in Cambodia for for for for Al Jazeera America and documented changing indigenous cultures in in in in in in the the the the Philippines for for for a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a grant from National Geographic She is is a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a member of of of MAPS the the the the recipient recipient of of of a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a SOPA award for for for excellence in in in digital reporting the the the the recipient recipient of of of the the the the Chris Hondros Memorial Award was was selected for for the the the the World Press Photo Photo Photo Foundation’s 6x6 Global Talent Program and was was designated one of of of the the the British Journal of of of Photography’s “Ones to to to to to to Watch” in in in 2018 The Royal Photographic Photographic Society awarded her a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a Margaret Harker medal for their 100 Photographic Photographic Heroines of of 2019 (Photo shot in in in in Pasig River Manila Bay Philippines 2018 Photo Photo Photo Photo sponsor: Goldsboro Area Photography Club ) Muhammed Muheisen is is is a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a National Geographic photographer the founder and and chairman of Everyday Refugees Foundation and and a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a Canon Ambassador Muheisen a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a Jordanian national born in in in in in Jerusalem in in in in in 1981 graduated with a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a B A A A A degree in in in in in journalism and and political science Since 2001 he he he he he he has covered major events in in in in in in in in in Asia the the the the Middle East Europe Africa and and the the the the the the the United States including the the the the the the the Israeli-Palestinian conflict the the the the the the the funeral of of late Palestinian Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat the the the the the the the the the U U S S S S -led war war in in in in in in Iraq Iraq the the the the the the the the the capture of of of former Iraqi president president Saddam Hussein the the the the the the the the the Yemeni revolution the the the the the the the the Syrian civil war war and and and the the the the the the the the funeral procession of of the the the the the the the the late president president Nelson Mandela For over a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a decade he he he he he he he he he has been documenting the the the the the the refugee crisis across the the the the the the Middle East Asia and and and and Europe As As the the the the founder of of Everyday Refugees Foundation he he he he he he he aims through photography to to to help and and and empower refugees and and internally displaced people in in in different parts of of the the world (Photo shot in in in Belgrade Serbia 2017 Photo sponsors: Ken & Kim Scholl ) Robert Nickelsberg worked as a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a Time magazine contract photographer for nearly thirty years specializing in in in in in in political and cultural change in in in in in in developing countries His 2013 book book Afghanistan-A Distant War published by Prestel captures his 25 years of of work in in in in in in Afghanistan Afghanistan The book book was named the the the 2013 winner of of the the the Overseas Press Club’s Olivier Rebbot Award given for the the the best photographic reporting from abroad in in in in magazines and books His photographs have been exhibited at The Philadelphia