Wagenia, DRC

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Jan Grodza, Czech Republic
• Website
  https://www.grodzafrica.cz/

The fishing practice of Wagenia fishermen is unique, original and constitutes a world reference for this people. These scaffoldings on which the traps are suspended resist strong water currents and can be built in different places depending on the water level of the Congo River. Arrived in Kisangani around the 1400s , they were warmly welcomed in these terms "Karibu Wageni", words in Swahili which mean in English "Welcome Guests". And this is where the name “wagenia” comes from. They then built the first scaffolding around 1482 on the falls currently known as "wagenia falls".

Awards IPA International Photography Awards : 3rd Place / Event/Traditions and Cultures Scarifications

IPOTY Open Category: Photojournalism / Story ( Amateur) - Honorable Mention Scarifications

PX3 Prix de la photographie Paris Gold

TOKYO-2017 People / Culture Tifa Honorable Mention

Black and white Spider awards, 1st Place Photojournalist amateur

Monochrome Awards Scarification , Jan Grodza – 3rd place Winner in Photojournalism, Amateur, 2017