HOPE IS ALIVE
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PhotographerMauro De Bettio, Spain
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Hope was kidnapped and spent 97 days in a prison where she was raped, beaten and witnessed prisoners killed while their bodies were dismembered and sold to organ traffickers. Hope was able to escape and she’s now fighting to prevent others from incurring the same trauma. In her home she takes care of children brought out of captivity in Libya. Many of them no longer have parents so she adopts them.
Born and raised in a little village in the Italian Alps, now based in Barcelona, Mauro already felt from young age the desire to tell. He discovered that the camera was the right tool for him, the eye through which he could speak to the world. An instrument that began to walk by his side towards a long journey of discovery.
“Although it is difficult to express, I think that the photograph represents my way of speaking and what I try to do through my language is to capture the sense of what I breathe and touch with my hands".
Awards 2nd prize in 'PEOPLE' category of IPOTY - International Photographer of the Year 2017
5 Honorable Mentions on 17th INTERNATIONAL CHROMATIC PHOTO AWARDS 2017
Jurors Picks LensCulture Portrait Awards 2018
2nd prize 2017 Tokyo International Foto Awards
Finalist American Photo Awards 2018
2nd Winner National Geographic Award (Italian) 2017
1st Category Winner FIIPA Award 2018
3rd place ND AWARDS 2017
1st category Winner Urbanphotoawards 2017
1st Winner National Geographic Award (Italian) 2018