- Alvarro Ybarra Zavala for ‘Colombia, in the eternity of sorrow’
- Walter Astrada for ‘Violence against woman in Norway’
- Stanley Greene for ‘The E-waste Trail – China/ Pakistan/ Nigeria’
- Liz Hingley for ‘The Jones family’
- Joan Bardeletti for ‘The KILL (the African Gays) BILL’”
Aidan Sullivan, Vice President of Photo Assignments, Getty Images, commented: “I
am thrilled that our editorial photography grants programme continues
to empower photojournalists and enable them to bring these important
visual essays to the world’s attention. This year’s judging panel
carefully considered over 400 applications and proposals received from
around the world and we are delighted with the winners selected for
2011. This year’s, projects deal with a range of compelling and complex
issues, such as civil war in Colombia and poverty in the United
Kingdom.”
The panel of esteemed judges included:
· Tom Stoddart, Photojournalist
· Jean-Francois Leroy, Director General, Visa Pour l’Image
· Jon Jones, Director of Photography, The Sunday Times Magazine
· Cyril Drouhet, Director of Photography, Le Figaro magazine
· Emanuela Mirabelli, Photo Editor, Marie Claire Italy
Click here to view the judges biographies.
Photojournalist and judge for the 2011 programme, Tom Stoddart,
commented: “It was a real pleasure to be part of the judging panel for
this year’s Grants for Editorial Photography. After spending hours
looking at submissions from talented, committed, passionate
photographers, I came away with an answer to the age old question - is
photojournalism dead? NO - it's alive and kicking!”
The Getty Images Grants for Editorial Photography was established
in 2004, to enable emerging and established photojournalists to pursue
projects of personal and editorial merit, focusing attention on
significant social and cultural issues. Since 2005, Getty Images has
provided Grants in excess of US$700,000 through the grants programme,
demonstrating their commitment to promoting excellence in
photojournalism through tangible, positive contributions to the
industry.
More information about the judges, the grant recipients and their
winning projects, as well as galleries of their portfolio images, can be
found at www.gettyimages.com/grants.
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Notes to Editors – Summary of winning projects:
- Walter Astrada, ‘Violence against women in Norway’
Violence against women is the most widespread example of a human
rights violation, going largely unpunished. It is a worldwide phenomenon
affecting all societies, regardless of their political and economic
systems; it affects all cultures, social classes and ethnic groups. The
consequences of violence against women are devastating; survivors
regularly suffer from emotional disorders and health problems for the
rest of their lives, not to mention those who meet their death.
Norway, according to the Global Peace Index, is the safest country
in the world; however, between 2000 - 2010, 83 women were murdered by
their partner or ex-partner, and in 2008 more than 25,000 women were in
contact with a shelter.
- Stanley Norman Greene, ‘The E-Waste Trail’
The E-Waste Trail is a photographic documentary that tracks the
afterlife of our electronic trash, as corporations and governments make
irresponsible, yet lucrative, deals, at enormous injury to the world’s
most vulnerable citizens.
The Poison: E-waste is comprised of toxic agents like
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), copper, lead, zinc, gold, iron,
thallium, mercury etc. Lead is poisonous for the nervous system and
progressively attacks the brain’s functions. Very high toxic levels can
lead to paralysis. Cadmium is the main component in some batteries and
circuit boards and causes cancer.
- Liz Hingley, ‘The Jones family’
1.6 million Children across the United Kingdom live their daily
lives in severe poverty (30%). This is more than most other European
countries, but western poverty is often difficult to understand and to
communicate visually in comparison to images of world poverty elsewhere.
The Jones family lives in a three-bedroom council house in the
industrial city of Wolverhampton, UK. This is the first house that the
family has lived in for three generations; the mother and father were
brought up in caravans, as were their parents. The house is precious to
the family and holds many memories for them, to the point that despite
its extremely limited size they refuse to move into larger council
accommodation. The three boys and four girls have high aspirations for
their future but they are aware it will be financially difficult for
them to ever leave the family home.
- Joan Bardeletti, ‘The KILL (the African Gays) BILL’
In Uganda, the ‘kill the Gays’ bill is about to be discussed. If
introduced, homosexuals could face the death penalty if they have
previous convictions, are HIV positive or have had relations with people
under the age of 18.
According to human rights organisations, over 500 000 homosexuals
live in Uganda, where current laws already criminalize homosexuality
with up to 14 years in jail.
Uganda is today at the frontline of efforts by extremist Christian
churches to spread across Africa draconian measures against the
homosexual community. During a gathering in Kampala in 2010, American
evangelical pastor Lou Engle stated, “In America, we have lost the
battle, but in Uganda, this is ground zero”.
- Alvaro Ybarra Zavala, ‘Colombia, in the eternity of sorrow’
“Colombia, in the eternity of sorrow” is a personal photographic
project that covers ‘the time of President Alvaro Uribe’, one of the
most controversial, violent and darkest periods in the history of the
Colombian conflict.
The international press experiences the reality of Colombia from
the outside. More than forty years of civil war seem excuse enough to
not consider the terrible drama of the Colombian people as news. The
country is divided, and situations there are very diverse, all of which
may be shown.
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP),
the National Liberation Army (ELN), the paramilitary groups and
government forces are fighting in all of these regions with a single
aim, the control of resources. And once again, the civilian population
is in the midst of it all.
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