Honorable Mention / 2023 / Press / Feature Story

Dr. Fortun: discover the truth from the dead

Dr. Raquel Fortun, of University of the Philippines’ College of Medicine, is the only one forensic pathologist in all the country.
During the “war on drugs”, strongly wanted and supported by the administration of ex-President Duterte, dozens of people were killed in summary executions by police and the army.
Many of them were innocent and unarmed during the "capture". The killings began by targeting the poorest, guilty of minor crimes, and then passed to dissidents and journalists.
Out of 46 remains that she examined, showed them clearly to be homicides. Discovering the truth from the dead

Erberto Zani (Italy, 1978) is a documentary photographer, journalist and photo books designer, based between Parma (Italy) and Basel (Switzerland). Since 1998 he worked as photographer in advertisement sector. Freelance since 2008, most of his works are focused on documentary-humanitarian themes. He cooperates with companies, magazines and No Profit Organizations, for photographs and editorial projects.

Awards 2018
Monochrome Photography Awards: 2nd place category "Abstract"
Chromatic Photography Awards: 1st Place "Street" category with Leathers drying.
IPA - International Photography Awards: 2nd place, category "Event / Social cause" for Rohingya's exodus.
2017
Monochrome Photography Awards: 1st and 2nd place, category "Photojournalism"
2016
IPA - International Photography Awards: 2nd place, category Book Documentary for "Black World"
PX3 - Prix de la Photographie Paris: Gold medal in Professional Book Documentary and Bronze medal in Professional Book People