Victims of the Armed Conflict in Colombia

• Photographer
  Antonio Cascio, Colombia
• Studio
  The Guardian
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A confrontation between illegal armed groups (the Clan del Golfo and the Pachecas) to control the territory, forced around 500 people from the Wiwa Indigenous community of La Sierra Nevada, Colombia, to flee their homes last February to save their life. After months living inside two government buildings where they found refuge in Riohacha, la Guajira's capital city, they still don't know if they ever return home. "Our lives are like living in a cage now" sadly says a Wiwa authority. A humanitarian crisis that, in 2023, forced more than 121,000 people to leave their homes in Colombia.

Antonio Cascio is an Italian freelance photojournalist, Reuters photographer stringer and The Guardian contributor based in Colombia. He focuses his work on social movements, environmental justice, discriminated groups, and indigenous communities. His photographs have been awarded at the Paris Photo Prize 2023 and 2024, IPA, BIFA and EPA 2023. His pictures have been published by The Guardian, Al Jazeera, El País, Mongabay News, Bloomberg News Agency, Le Monde, CNN, BBC, DW, Earth Island, NACLA, Amnesty International, and others.

Awards Paris Photo Prize 2023 (Silver Prize in Press and Politics & State of the World Winner)

International Photography Award (Honorable Mention in General News)

European Photography Award (Platinum Winner in Press)

Paris Photo Prize 2024 - (State of the World Winner & Honorable Mention).