Honorable Mention / 2010 / Photojournalism / Sports

Warriors of Kafkasor

Kafkasör festival, in the Artvin province (close to the border of Georgia) july 2009, is one typical wrestling festival from Eastern Turkey.

Alvaro Deprit was born in Madrid in 1977. He studied german philology in Germany and sociology in Italy.
He settled in Italy in 2004 where nowadays he is cooperating closely with D-Image and Grazia Neri Agency.
He has exhibited his photos in a large number of exhibition (Barcelona, New York, London) and works for Italian and international magazines: IL24ore, Newsweek, El Periodico, Viva Magazine. He is currently working on a long term project about the caucasian area. Alvaro Deprit is rapresented fot OnOffpicture Agency.