Sebastián Liste picked up the Alexia grant for his project, "The New Culture of Violence in Latin America." Part of this project was commissioned by TIME.
In this image, Ana celebrates her birthday, Jan. 22, 2011. She was born and grew up as part of a community living in an abandoned chocolate factory in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. This community took up residence in the factory on the coast in Salvador de Bahia. They are currently being evicted by the government.Sebastián Liste—Reportage by Getty Images
Sebastián Liste has been awarded the The Alexia Foundation‘s $20,000 professional grant for 2014 for his project “The New Culture of Violence in Latin America.” The work — part of which was commissioned by TIME — sees Liste investigate crime and security in Latin America. Finalists in this grant category included Pau Coll Sánchez and Stephen Dupont.
In the student category, work by Iran-based Mehran Hamrahi portraying the daily lives of Iranian youth — called “Iranian People, Ordinary or Criminals.” — took first place. Hamrahi receives tuition for the Syracuse University London program, a $1,000 grant towards further developing the work, and other prizes. Second place went to Shahria Sharmin, with Farzana Hossen, Andrew Renneisen, and Sarah Ann Jump receiving excellence awards.
The Alexia Foundation has supported photojournalism and social documentary projects through their annual student and professional grant programs since 1991. Named after Alexia Tsairis, a Public Communications student at Syracuse University who died tragically in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, the foundation fosters photographers whose work raises awareness around complicated and often overlooked political and humanitarian issues.
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Sebastián Liste picked up the Alexia grant for his project, "The New Culture of Violence in Latin America." Part of this project was commissioned by TIME.
In this image, Ana celebrates her birthday, Jan. 22, 2011. She was born and grew up as part of a community living in an abandoned chocolate factory in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. This community took up residence in the factory on the coast in Salvador de Bahia. They are currently being evicted by the government.Sebastián Liste—Reportage by Getty ImagesA family carries the coffin of a "malandro" - a Brazilian term usually referring to gang members. He was killed by a rival gang member the night before.Sebastián Liste—Reportage by Getty ImagesA youth known as "Sicario" shows his gun in Caracas, Venezuela. He is 18 years old.Sebastián Liste—Reportage by Getty ImagesPau Coll Sánchez was an Alexia finalist. His work focused on Central American prisons.
A gang member in Ciudad Barrios prison, El Salvador.Pau Coll SánchezIn the old library of prison La Esperanza, now adapted as a cell, moisture and heat force the inmates to stay half naked. Inmates in these isolation cells are only allowed to go outside 20 minutes a day.Pau Coll SánchezStephen Dupont is a finalist in the pro category for his work on treatment of mental health in Angola.Stephen DupontStephen Dupont is a finalist in the pro category for his work on treatment of mental health in Angola. A patient chained to a truck tire rim is being moved by two of Papa Kitokoa's staff at the main Asylum Block A.Stephen DupontMehran Hamrahi won the student Alexia competition for his story on "Iranian People, Ordinary or Criminals."
Arash dances with his friends at his 26th birthday party in Ahvaz, Southern Iran, March 1, 2013.Mehran HamrahiGhazal, 18, checks out a manteau in a boutique in Ahvaz, Southern Iran, May 8, 2013. In Iran, women and girls are obliged to wear manteau or chador. Mehran HamrahiSheida, 18, smokes a cigarette in a café in Ahvaz, Southern Iran, July 1, 2013. She said, "I feel safe in the café." Smoking the cigarette is not restricted legally in Iran, however the girls are afraid of smoking in public places.Mehran HamrahiShahria Sharmin won 2nd place in the student category for her project, "Call Me Heena," about transgender identity in Bangladesh and India.Shahria SharminFarzana Hossen's project, "Lingering Scars," focuses on female acid and kerosene burn victims in Bangladesh and won the student Alexia Award of Excellence.Farzana HossenAndrew Renneisen also won an award of excellence in the student competition, along with the new Gilka Grant for his project, "Hip Hop, Save Me," which documents aspiring hip-hop artists and their struggles.Andrew RenneisenSarah Ann Jump also won an award of excellence in the student competition, along with the new Gilka Grant for her project, "New Roots: Refugees Resettling in America," which documents a family's first year of resettlement in Rochester. Sarah Ann Jump
