Police Riot in Chicago

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Joseph Mario Giordano, United States
• Website
  http://www.jmgiordanophotography.com/
• Instagram
  @jmgiordanophoto

Like in 1968, Chicago police rioted and beat protestors and arrested members of the press during the Democratic National Convention. It was an overkill response to the pro-Palestinian protesters who converged peacefull on the city. It was a harbinger of what is now part of the Trump regime. Police corralled, beat and arrested peaceful protesters. It was shot for the 'zine, For the People, published by Nighted Life. We continue to see these outbreaks across the west. There is a war on the press.

Giordano is an award-winning photojournalist based in Baltimore. His new book, 13-23: How a Summer of Violence Led to a Decade of Activism (Nighted Life Press). His first book, We Used to Live at Night chronicles 25 years of the city at night. His work has been featured on NPR, ProPublica, Al-Jazeera, GQ, Architectural Digest, Taste, The Observer New Review Sunday Magazine, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Daily Mail, Washington Post. This year is a semi-finalist for the 2024 National Gallery’s Outwin Boochever Portrait Prize and will be featured in American Photography 50.

Awards 2024:
Winner: Series, American Photography Annual 50
Semi-Finalist National Gallery’s Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition

2023:
Finalist: International Food Photographer of the Year Competition

First Place:
2017 Maryland/DC/Delaware Press Association awards in Wild Card: Drug Use in Communities, General News Photo, Breaking News Photo, Photo Series, Best Photo Gallery.
2016 Maryland/DC/Delaware Press Association award in Series category
YIP 2015: The Guardian