Revealing the Portrait of Humanity Vol.5 Winners

“A collective hope for the future” ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Announcing the Portrait of Humanity Vol.5 Winners Hailing from all corners of the globe, our 2023 winning images and series celebrate unity in times of division. Many of the photos highlight the intractable struggles faced by people across the world, but each one captures the spirited attempts of their subjects to work through them Judged by a jury of ten industry heavyweights, the three winning series and 30 single image winners will be exhibited at [Belfast Exposed]( gallery and the [Indian Photo Festival]( later this year. The single images are featured in the [Hoxton Mini Press]( Portrait of Humanity book, alongside the wider shortlist of 200 photographs. [VIEW THE WINNERS]( © Sane Seven, Portrait of Humanity Vol.5 Single Image Winner. The single image category brings together 30 works spanning five continents. Several feature couples, others whole families. A girl stands before the remains of a tea shop in northeast India, ruined by a cyclone. A Haitian mother and her son sit for their portrait in a chapel in Santiago, Chile, where many of their compatriots emigrated in the wake of the 2010 earthquake. A man peers through the legs of a giant family dog. © Marcio Pimenta, Portrait of Humanity Vol.5 Single Image Winner. © Deirdre Brennan, Portrait of Humanity Vol.5 Single Image Winner. “These experiences tether us all and create a collective hope for the future.” - Virgilia Facey,  Founder of The Colour Balance and Portrait of Humanity Vol.5 Judge © Tatenda Chidora, Portrait of Humanity Vol.5 Series Winner © Fernanda Liberti, Portrait of Humanity Vol.5 Series Winner © Lucia Jost, Portrait of Humanity Vol.5 Series Winner Series Winners Tatenda Chidora [“If Covid Was A Colour”]( Tatenda Chidora’s series, If Covid Was A Colour, was shot during lockdown. Rather than recalling that faintly muted angst that many felt at the time, the Zimbabwe-born, South Africa-based photographer’s portraits are a splash of colour and energy. Models stand with curtains made of face masks and lie on deep blue beds of surgical gloves, posing heroically and richly lit as if for a fashion shoot. Fernanda Liberti [“Dancing With The Tupinambá”]( Fernanda Liberti’s Dancing With The Tupinambá focuses on the eponymous Brazilian community that was indigenous to the country before colonial settlers arrived. The portraits feature a Tupinambá woman wearing an elaborate and beautiful feathered cape, sacred to the group but nearly wiped out over the centuries. The people as they are today have faced persecution for centuries. As recently as 2007, the federal police went to their community and burned all of their pictures, says Liberti. “This series is a celebration of existence.” Lucia Jost [“Capital Daughters”]( In her Portrait of Humanity Vol.5 winning series Capital Daughters, berlin-based photographer Lucia Jost turns the lens on the women of her hometown in a series of tender portraits that questions the nature of femininity in Germany’s capital. It is “difficult to grasp” who the Berlin woman is, she writes. “I have often asked myself how I became the woman I am. Did my mother or my hometown raise me? Maybe you cannot separate the two.” [VIEW THE WINNERS]( Special thanks to our partners: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [1854 Media Ltd, 244-254 Cambridge Heath Rd, Cambridge Heath, London, E2 9DA, United Kingdom Click here to update your email preferences]( [Click here to unsubscribe from all emails](