Judges
2nd PLACE
Courtesy of Seila Montes Gonzalez
Seila Montes Gonzalez
Seila Montes is a Spanish photojournalist and documentary photographer. She graduated in photojournalism from The London College of Communication (LCC) in 2007. Since then, she has been working freelance.
Her work focuses on minorities, disadvantaged communities, and individuals, as well as covering environmental issues.
Her work has been published in different publications worldwide like The New York Times, The Guardian, Cuartoscuro, Vice, Creators, Life and style, Huck Magazine, interjet magazine etc.. Since 2019 she collaborates on a regular basis with EL PAIS America newspaper. She is a member of women photograph.
Yumare
Rarámuris (Tarahumara) are an indigenous group from Chihuahua, Northen México. Tarahumaras, even though in some cases have been persecuted, celebrate Yumares (the traditional celebration to commemorate special occasions) in this case the 10th anniversary of the village school) built by an NGO, and everybody is welcome. Before it was built, kids had to walk up to four hours to get to school.