Honorable Mention / 2023 / Portraiture / Self-Portrait

• Photographer
  Lara Collado Martín, Spain

"Fighter" is a photo about women strength created for the International Women's Day 2023.

"They were afraid of us. They called us "witch" and burned us at the stake. They controlled our lives, our bodies. They murdered us without consequences. They beat us to death. They raped us countless times. They thought that controlling us, silencing us and taking everything from us for centuries would be enough. That fear would immobilise us forever, but those acts have only made us stronger and turned us into the warriors we are now. We are unstoppable and we fight together!"