Photograph by Akintunde Akinleye

Photograph by Oded Balilty

2007 Awardees

Altaf Qadri (Kashmir) | Biography (pdf)
Kashmir: Paradise in Pain
www.altafqadri.com

Oded Balilty (Israel) | Biography (pdf)
Along the Lines

Akintunde Akinleye (Nigeria) | Biography (pdf)
The Troubles of a Blessed Country
www.akintunde1.com

International Photography Exhibitions
Merit Award to Four International Photographers

All Roads Photography 2007 Photo Gallery

The Photography Program recognizes and supports talented international storytellers whose still photography documents their changing cultures and communities. Each year four photographers are awarded a financial prize, and their photo essays are exhibited at the All Roads Film Festival and other venues. They also receive photographic accessories and, through workshops, get valuable training to assist in their fieldwork.

Candidates are nominated by an advisory board of leaders from the photography industry and representatives from National Geographic Society.

Selection Criteria

• Award recipients must be from an indigenous or minority culture within their countries of origin.
• Award recipients’ work must document their changing cultures and community and represent a recent body of work (within the last two years).
• Potential recipients must be living in the countries that they are documenting.
• Awards are based on artistic merit in combination with the photojournalistic focus of the project.

A Yin (China, Inner Mongolia) | Biography (pdf)
Highland Mongolian Life
ayinphoto.com

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2006 Awardees

Saiful Huq (Bangladesh) | Biography (pdf)
Stolen Dreams: The Story of the Abandoned Victims of Political Violence
www.saifulhuq.com

Larry McNeil (United States) | Biography (pdf)
Fly By Night Mythology—insights into family and Native American biculturalism
www.larrymcneil.com

Sandra Sebastián Pedro (Guatemala) | Biography (pdf)
Inherited Violence

Newsha Tavakolian (Iran)
Tehran: Not East, Not West
www.newshatavakolian.com

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2005 Awardees

Andre Cypriano (Brazil)
Rocinha, An Orphan Town
www.andrecypriano.com

Neo Ntsoma (South Africa)
South African Youth ID—Kwaito Culture
www.neontsoma.com

Sudharak Olwe (India)
In search of Dignity and Justice: The Untold Story of Mumbai’s Conservancy Workers

Marcela Taboada (Mexico)
Women of Clay
www.marcelataboada.com

2004 Awardees

Tenzin Dorjee (India)
Tibetan Exile Community

Fanie Jason (South Africa)
Living in Denial, AIDS in South Africa

Ahikan Seri (Israel)
Bedouin Society Transition