honorable mention
Sandra Hoyn germany
title
Fighting Kids
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entry description
Boxing matches with children starting at six years in Thailand. Thai boxing (Muay Thai) ranks among the world´s toughest and most violent martial arts, often connected with fighters sustaining serious injuries. Muay Thai secures the income of numerous Thais, so even children fights for the amusement of tourists and betting locals are common in Thailand´s arenas. There is no minimum age for the boxers. For a pittance they will go to their physical and mental limits. The least fighters achieve the status of idolized boxing champion and earn big money as a boxing professional. Usually in their mid-twenties the boxers´career is at an end and Muay Thai fighters retire.about the photographer
Sandra Hoyn was born in 1976 in Wolfenbüttel, Germany. She studied photography at the University of Applied Sciences Hamburg, Germany and graduated in 2005. She started working as freelance photojournalist for magazines, NGOs and on her personal projects, concentrating on social, environmental and human rights issues. Since 2007 she is represented by laif, agency for photos and reports.back to gallery