Álvaro Laíz Wins 2015 FotoVisura Personal Project Grant
Kostya, a 33-year-old Udege hunter, looks out at the taiga from his cabin.
Visura announced today that Álvaro Laíz has won the 2015 FotoVisura Grant for Outstanding Personal Project for “THE HUNT,” his project documenting the shamanistic Udege people of Russia’s Far East taiga, or boreal forest. He received a $2,000 cash prize, a paid commission from the Washington Post to publish his work on its In Sight blog, as well as a lifetime sponsored GUILD membership with Visura.
Laíz became acquainted with the Udege when he traveled to Southeast Russia for the first time in …read more
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