Master Award – Giulio Piscitelli – From There to Here
The project “From There to Here, Immigration in the time of Fortress Europe” by Giulio Piscitelli, which started in 2010 and is still ongoing, bears witness to the complexity of the flow of migration toward Europe. The work documents this reality by taking responsibility for retracing and remembering the extent of the geographic, economic, social and political panorama in which this historic event of crucial importance is becoming part. The project broadens the perspective by showing the bigger picture that is too often sacrificed due to the urgency of covering the constant daily reports of the tragic consequences of immigration.
The photographer illustrates all stages of the migrants’ journey and manages to show us with great humanity the magnitude of the collective and individual odyssey these people face.
After a careful and in-depth evaluation, the jury unanimously granted this award.
Spot Light Award – Elena Anosova – Section
The project “Section” by Elena Anosova shows women condemned to serve sentences of different lengths in Siberian prisons. It deals with the subject in an original and sensitive way. Instead of exhibiting daily life inside the detention centre, the photographer chooses to show the prisoners through portraits of one woman or in pairs, where the space of the prison is minimized, becoming a neutral background. The frame of the portraits seems to give these women a moment of suspension from isolation and from constant surveillance, an intimate moment of self-meditation, sheltered from the endless exposure they are subjected to.
The women are portrayed without judgment, with honesty and softness, and they are offered to the audience in their humanity and vulnerability.
After a careful and in-depth evaluation, the jury unanimously granted this award.
Short Story Award – Mariano Silletti – Ludovicu
This is a reportage that succeeds at joining the narrative of the real world of news report to a distant world, made of land, people and hidden places.
The photographer manages to convey with a deep look a border, a line that only those who are personally involved in the situation can express.
Ludovicu’s search becomes the subtle visual line that links the territory to its people and feelings.
After a careful and in-depth evaluation, the jury unanimously granted this award.
The World.Report Award is closed as of 28th May 2015. We are pleased to announce we received submissions from the largest number of participants compared to previous years. This year there were 574 people from 51 different countries and five continents. In 2014 there were 463 people from 41 countries.
