The Mercy Project / Inochi

• Prize
• Photographer
  James Whitlow Delano, Japan
• Website
  http://jameswhitlowdelano.com

I posed one question to photographers all over the world, after the untimely passing of my sister, Jeanne, and a beneficiary of hospice care: "share with me one photograph that says to you, 'MERCY'". Such a body of work, I hoped, could contribute in a concrete way to expand awareness about and raise funds for hospice care.

• Biography
  James Whitlow Delano has lived in and documented Asia for a decade and a half. His work has been awarded internationally from the Alfred Eisenstadt Award (from Columbia University and Life Magazine), Leica Oskar Barnack, Picture of the Year International, Photo District News and others. Delano's series on Kabul's drug detox and psychiatric hospital was awarded 1st place in the 2008 NPPA Best of Photojournalism competition for Best Picture Story (large markets). His first monograph book, Empire: Impressions from China (Five Continents Editions) and work from Japan Mangaland have been shown at several Leica Galleries in Europe and Empire was the first ever one-person show of photography at La Triennale di Milano Museum of Art in Italy. His second monograph book, I Viaggi di Tiziano Terzani (Vallardi / Longanesi) was released in spring 2008. His work has appeared in New York Times Magazine, National Geographic Books, GEO, Newsweek, Mother Jones, Time Asia, Internazionale, Le Monde 2, Vanity Fair Italia, and others.