Photography 4 Humanity

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Photography 4 Humanity is a global initiative by Right Here, Right Now that invites photographers worldwide to capture the profound intersection of human rights and climate change. Through powerful imagery of ordinary people impacted by these issues, the initiative seeks to inspire action and advocacy for human rights.

2024: The Photography 4 Humanity exhibit was showcased at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City on Human Rights Day and reached a global audience through UN.org.

2023: The exhibit gained worldwide exposure as the United Nations promoted it extensively via UN.org.

2022: On December 10, the exhibit was featured at the United Nations in NYC, aligning with Human Rights Day and commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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“Whenever I visit places affected by the climate crisis, it’s impossible not to notice how women, children, minorities and the marginalized are disproportionately suffering. This fact is difficult to adequately describe in words. Yet, photographers are often uniquely able to capture this reality through their lenses. This year Photography 4 Humanity, supported by United Nations Human Rights called on photographers from around the world to capture the lives of people affected by the climate emergency. These images depict climate change as a human rights crisis, and call on all of us to get involved and take a stand for human rights.”

- António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations

2024 GLOBAL PRIZE

Recipient: Viviane Rakotoarivony

Title: Ambalakondro, Devastated by Cyclone Freddy

Description: “In the village of Ambalakondro, Cyclone Freddy devastated 90% of the homes, leaving these residents to take refuge beneath a fragment of their roof.”

Location: Mananjary, Madagascar

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2023 GLOBAL PRIZE

Recipient: Kristina Varaksina

Title: The Seashore is No Longer Here

Description: ”School girls stand in an abandoned seaport town next to an installation showing where the Aral Sea used to come."

Location: Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan

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2022 GLOBAL PRIZE

Recipient: Masood Sarwer

Title: The Endless Dance of Erosion

Description: ”Last week my wife died due to cardiac arrest and the following week we started dismantling our house when we heard the Ganges started eroding the land again.”

- Nurul Islam, 80 years old -pictured in chair

Location: Malda, West Bengal, India

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