WINNERS

When Everyone Leaves. Moroccan Earthquake.

  • Photographer
    Eduardo Sánchez De León Herencia, Spain
  • Prize
    Bronze Winner in Photojournalism/Photo Essay

The earthquake in the Moroccan Atlas on September 8, 2023 killed almost 3,000 people and left an indelible mark on North Africa, an area already cracked by history. “When everyone leaves” is not a photojournalistic work. These are photos taken by the protagonists of the disaster, who posed in front of the rubble, drawing and writing how they imagine rebuilding their homes, on portraits made with a Polaroid. Seeing oneself portrayed, having a printed photograph, and intervening in it by drawing as They imagine rebuilding their lives and their homes, in an act in itself of vindication and hope t