D.R.Congo: war for minerals

• Prize
• Photographer
  Erberto Zani, Italy
• Studio
  Erberto Zani / Photojournalist
• Socials
• Website
  http://www.erbertozani.com

There's no peace in D.R.Congo. In North Kivu, east side of the country, the mineral's
control is in the hands of many lords of the war that exchange gold, coltan and diamond
for new weapons and new power on the territory. And the war goes on.
Rubaya is a small town of miners. Seven months ago Nyatura militia took control of the
entire area (full of coltan and cassiterite): now the miners must work under them control.

• Biography
  Erberto Zani (Italy, 1978) is a documentary photographer, journalist and photo books designer, based between Parma (Italy) and Basel (Switzerland). Since 1998 he worked as photographer in advertisement sector. Freelance since 2008, most of his works are focused on documentary-humanitarian themes. He cooperates with companies, magazines and No Profit Organizations, for photographs and editorial projects.
• Awards
  2018 Monochrome Photography Awards: 2nd place category "Abstract" Chromatic Photography Awards: 1st Place "Street" category with Leathers drying. IPA - International Photography Awards: 2nd place, category "Event / Social cause" for Rohingya's exodus. 2017 Monochrome Photography Awards: 1st and 2nd place, category "Photojournalism" 2016 IPA - International Photography Awards: 2nd place, category Book Documentary for "Black World" PX3 - Prix de la Photographie Paris: Gold medal in Professional Book Documentary and Bronze medal in Professional Book People