Cecilia, voices of conservation
Cecilia Martínez is the coordinator of the technical team of the Federation of Native Yanesha Communities (FECONAYA). Over time, she realized that being an Indigenous woman gave her an added value: the ability to articulate and promote a dialogue of knowledge between both worlds, integrating Indigenous cosmovision into all her projects. In the image, she appears alongside other Yanesha women from her federation.
Year
2023
Location
Ñagazu - Cerro de Pasco
Category
Artistic Photography
Award
✪ First prize
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Leslie Searles is a photographer and documentarian with a degree in Media, specialized in film from the University of Lima (1996-2002), and a Photography degree from the London College of Communication (2003-2004). In 2023, she completed a Diploma in Interculturality and Amazonian Indigenous Peoples at the Antonio Ruiz de Montoya University in Lima, Peru. For over a decade, she has been documenting the reality and challenges faced by indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon, closely following the journey of women leaders from the Murui Buue, Matsigenka, and Awajún peoples. She currently works as a freelance photographer, mainly collaborating with non-governmental organizations such as Oxfam. Leslie is the co-author of the photography books Piruw (2013), in partnership with Peruvian photographer Musuk Nolte, and Quién Inicia Este Incendio (2021). Her work has been recognized with awards such as the POY Latam Jury Award in the Best Book (2015) and Best Multimedia Report (2017) categories. In 2022, her photography collective Semilla received the ECO (Collective Meetings) grant organized by the Vist Foundation.
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