Judges
COTM | BTG SHORTLIST 2025
$30,000 MAIN AWARD
Finbarr O'Reilly
Sudan's War Refugees
Finbarr O'Reilly has spent the last two decades as an award-winning visual journalist and author working in conflict zones and complex humanitarian emergencies. He is a Canon Ambassador, a regular contributor to The New York Times, and has produced exhibitions for the Nobel Peace Prize and the International Criminal Court. He is the author of several books and spent 15 years living in West and Central Africa, covering various wars and health crises. His focus in recent years has been on leading collaborative multi-platform projects that develop and promote a more representative range of voices and perspectives in the photojournalism industry.
Sudan's War Refugees
Sudan's war has created the world's largest displacement and deadliest hunger crises. This series documents life and death in the refugee camps of eastern Chad, where 700,000 Darfuris have sought safety since the outbreak of Sudan's war in April 2023. “Conservative estimates say the conflict has killed at least 15,500 people, while some estimates are as high as 150,000, and counting,” according to the International Rescue Committee. The first 10 images document the final hours of Naimat Ahmed’s life, and her death. The 10-year-old girl fled the war in Sudan and waves of attacks on her Masalit community in Darfur, including one where her grandmother was shot and killed and her older sister wounded.
