Åsa Sjöström, Amirtharaj Stephen Win 6th Annual Activist Awards

April 15, 2015 Marco | Editor

By David Walker

From "The Secret Camps." Â©Ã…sa SjÃ¶strÃ¶m

From â€œThe Secret Camps.â€ Â©Ã…sa SjÃ¶strÃ¶m

Ã…sa SjÃ¶strÃ¶m has won the $15,000 Activist Award for professional photographers, while Amirtharaj Stephen has won the $5,000 award for emerging photographers, Catchlight has announced.

Formerly known as PhotoPhilanthropy, Catchlight sponsors the Activist Awards to recognize photographic excellence in service of NGOs addressing a variety of social issues.

SjÃ¶strÃ¶m’s winning essay, called The Secret Camps, explores the issue of domestic violence through her images of women and children taking temporary refuge in summer camps operated by the Women’s Rights Association of MalmÃ¶, Sweden. â€œI want to create awareness and also to induce a genuine situation between me …read more

Via: PDN Pulse

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