honorable mention
Esteban Biba guatemala
Photo © Esteban Biba
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Shield wall
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entry description
Guatemalan soldiers detain and beat Honduran migrants who were trying to pass a police fence in Chiquimula to continue their way to Mexico and then the United States, the group of about 3,000 withdrew after the confrontation. The migrants are trying to reach Mexico and then the United States after two storms in 2020 destroyed homes and crops in Honduras.about the photographer
Guatemalan photojournalist for 14 years, his work has been published in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and El País in Spain. He has worked for some of the most important written media in his country and is currently a staff photographer for EFE international agency and a contributor for European Pressphoto Agency (EPA). In recent years he has covered human migration of the Northern Triangle of Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras) to the United States and made an exhibition on the subject together with the International Organization for Migration of the United Nations. Within Guatemala, he has followed and documented the cultural and religious traditions of ethnic groups throughout the country. His work has led him to photograph high risk events such as storms, floods, volcanic eruptions and other natural disasters. In 2016 he covered swimming and badminton in Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics. In 2018 he covered the football world cup in Russia.back to gallery
