Daily Life, 3rd prize
Original caption from World Press Photo (1998)
Teenage sex workers wait for clients near the tourist hotels. Estimates from the International Labor Organization indicate that in 1997 250 million children - five times as many as 1992 - were involved in child labor all over the world. The problem is visualized in this story, shot in Central and South America, Africa and Asia.
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Through a Glass Darkly, by Robert Godden, published on Witness in September 2017
How should vulnerable children be represented in the media? Are we guilty of applying different ethical standards dependent on the race, ethnicity, nationality, location, gender or class of the child? Robert Godden explores these questions and provides guidelines for photojournalists and organizations.
Fernando Moleres
Rapho
Rapho
01 January, 1997
In a warehouse, noxious substances are used by children to clean oil cans for recycling. Estimates from the International Labor Organization indicate that in 1997 250 million children - five times as many as 1992 - were involved in child labor all over the world.
Fernando Moleres
Fernando Moleres was born in Bilbao, Spain in 1963. He began work as a nurse in his home village, traveling in 1987 to pursue that calling in Nicaragua, during the Sandinista per...
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