/ 2025 / Portraiture / Other

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Frank Lynch, Switzerland
• Date of Photograph
  November 2024
• Website
  http://www.lynch.ch

The Potosi mines in Bolivia were a major source of wealth for the Spanish Empire. The mines are still active today with tin, zinc, lead and silver the main types of ore mined. The conditions are shocking and labourers suffer a range of illnesses including asthma, silicosis and pulmonary complications. The exploitation of the mines have led to massive pollution of the local environment.

Frank Lynch is from Dublin, Ireland and is currently living in Brig, Switzerland. He works in graphic design and takes photographs as a counter-balance to the stresses of the graphics business.

Frank is a non-professional photographer.

Awards WINNER State of the World 2019

BRONZE – PX3, Portraits, 2018

Honourable Mention – PX3, Fine Art, 2018

GOLD, WINNER OF PX3 – Prix de la Photographie Paris, RED, 2016

SILVER, PX3 – Prix de la Photographie Paris, Nature/Water, 2016

1st: Public Choice – PX3 Paris, Portrait Culture, 2016

9 Honourable Mentions, PX3 – Prix de la Photographie Paris, 2016