WINNERS
Guadalupe V.
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PhotographerEduardo Solís, Mexico
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PrizeBronze Winner in Human/Identity
"Because fire chose me, necessity drove me, and hunger compelled me." About two decades ago, I saw Guadalupe for the first time. I found him to be an interesting character from the neighborhood, distinctively beautiful, with features similar to those of our ancestors and founders of Mexico City-Tenochtitlán. He was preparing a torch loaded with fuel; the spark from a lighter lit it, and it was extinguished upon contact with his mouth. I always wondered what it would be like to photograph him. Here are the portraits he allowed me to take of him after several encounters and conversations.
