The valley of shadows

• Prize
  Gold in Portraiture/Other
• Photographer
  Camillo Pasquarelli, Italy
• Date of Photograph
  October 2017 - January 2018
• Socials
• Website
  https://camillopasquarelli.com/

The valley of Kashmir, disputed by India and Pakistan since 1947, is one of the most militarized zones in the world.
In the last years, the Indian government provided the security forces deployed with a new weapon: a shotgun that fires hundreds of metal pellets to keep the urban protests under control. Defined as “non-lethal”, according to a UN report released in 2018, the weapon is responsible for blinding around 1000 people.
Left partially or totally blind, victims speak of the darkness descended upon their lives. The only things left to see are the faint shadows that surround them.

• Biography
  Born in Rome (1988). After completing his studies in political science and anthropology, he decided to devote himself entirely to photography. Nowadays, is mostly interested in personal and long-term projects and deals with documentary photography trough the combination of the anthropological approach and the photographic medium. In 2017 received the Alexia Foundation Student Grant for his long term project about the Valley of Kashmir. His works have been published on Time, Der Spiegel, National Geographic, Internazionale, BuzFeed, Mashable, Il Reportage, Gazeta Wyborcza, Il Manifesto.
• Awards
  Shortlist - Gomma Grant 2019 Finalist - Emerging Photography Award - Miami Photo Fest 2019 1st Place - LensCulture - Black & White Awards 2018 1st Place - World Report Award - Lodi, Short Story 2018 1st Place - Single Image - Kuala Lumpur International Photo Awards 2018 1st Place - Fotoleggendo 2018 3rd Place - Il Reportage Photojournalism Award 2018 Winner - Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Award 2018 Shortlist - Post Conflict - Getxophoto International Image Festival 2018 Selected - NOOR-Nikon Masterclass in Turin 2018 Selected - No Place Like Home - Gulf Photo Plus: Dubai's Center For Photography 2018 Selected - Les Boutographies Montpellier 2018 Finalist - Premio Ponchielli 2018 Finalist - Meitar Award - Photo Israel 2018 Finalist - Body - Photography Grant and Magazine Awards 2018 Finalist - Festival of Photojournalism Vilnius Photo Circle 2018 Honourable Mention - IAFOR Documentary Photography Award 2018 Honourable Mention - ND Awards Photo Contest 2018 Alexia Foundation Award of Excellence Student Grant 2017 1st Place - Conflict - MIFA 2017 2nd Place - Editorial - MIFA 2017 Silver Medal - General News - PX3 2017 Shortlist - Reportage and One Shot - Kolga Tbilisi Photo 2017 Remarkable Award - Storytelling - SIPA 2017 Honourable Mention - Photojournalism - International Photographer of the Year 2017 Honourable Mention - Photojournalism - Monochrome Awards 2017