Alejandro Cegarra Wins 2014 Ian Parry Scholarship

August 12, 2014 Marco | Editor

Photographer Alejandro Cegarra, 24, has been awarded the 2014 Ian Parry Scholarship for “The Other Side of the Tower,” his project on people living illegally in the Tower of David, an unfinished skyscraper in Caracas, Venezuela. Cegarra will receive 3,500 pounds (approximately $5,450 US) and equipment from Canon. He is also automatically named to the shortlist of photographers selected for Joop Swart Masterclass, conducted by World Press Photo.

The Ian Parry Scholarship, now in its twenty-fifth year, was named for the Sunday Times of London photographer who was killed at the age of 24 while covering the Romanian …read more

Via: PDN Pulse

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