Desert spadefoot toad emerging from sand, Australia © Frans Lanting, 2006. Courtesy of LOOK3 Festival and the artist
Quiver trees, South Africa © Frans Lanting. Courtesy of LOOK3 Festival and the artist
Carmen Jalving wearing 2011 Cavalli Canes selection. South of France © Christopher Morris/VII. Courtesy of LOOK3 Festival, VII and the artist.
Jordan up the Pole, Russell Heights, Cobh, Ireland, 2010 © Doug DuBois. Courtesy of LOOK3 Festival and the artist.
1960 Now Atlanta 2015 © Sheila Pree Bright. Courtesy of LOOK3 Festival and the artist.
A blind protester attends a demonstration at Change Square in Sana'a. Yemen, May 2011. © Yuri Kozyrev/NOOR. Courtesy of LOOK3 Festival and the artist.
March 29, 2014. A group of boys climb a tree on the Xingu River by the city of Altamira, Brazil. One third of the city will be permanently flooded by the nearby Belo Monte Dam © Aaron Vincent Elkaim. Courtesy of LOOK3 Festival and the artist
From the reportage "Ivory Wars." Nzara, South Sudan: Michael Oryem, 29, is a recently defected Lord's Resistance Army fighter who's L.R.A group was involved in the poaching of Ivory in Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Garamba is a former base of operations for the LRA and a major source of financing for the notorious group. Oryem is seen with 2 of 6 ivory tusks that he hid and then led the Ugandan forces to inside the border region of the Central African Republic. He claims that the LRA killed many elephants in Garamba National Park in the DRC and that he was ordered by Joseph Kony, the LRA's notorious leader, to bring the ivory to him in Darfur, South Sudan. Ivory is now a real means of financing for the LRA, it is used for both food and weapons supplies and is traded to the Sudanese Army who transports it north to Khartoum. Oryem was abducted by the group when he was 9 and lived with them for over 17 years in the wild. He was made a commander in the group at the age of 12. The LRA is infamous for the killing and abduction of thousands of civilians across multiple countries. He defected and is now a member of the Ugandan Army, UPDF, African Union force hunting the LRA. © Brent Stirton / Getty Images. Winner of the Enviromental Vision Award in the 73rd Annual Pictures of the year International Competition (POYi). Pictures Of the Year International is a program of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. Courtesy of LOOK3 Festival and the artist
Keeper Daouda Keita collects the baby group from their enclosure for their first bushwalk at the Chimpanzee Conservation Centre, (CCC) on November 26, 2015 in Somoria, Guinea. The CCC is a sanctuary and a rehabilitation centre for rescued orphaned chimpanzees and is supported in part by Project Primate, IInc.Ì, a US NGO. The center is located on the Banks of the River Niger in the Haut Niger National Park in Guinea, West Africa and consists of around 6000 square km of Savannah and tropical dry forests. The CCC currently looks after 50 Western Chimpanzees, one of the most endangered sub species of chimpanzee. Most of the animals were orphaned and subsequently rescued after being taken as babies in the wild from their family groups. According to the Great Apes Survival Partnership, (GRASP), for every young Chimpanzee rescued, around 10 of its family members will have likely been killed in the process. The centre rehabilitates and cares for the animals, and ultimately aims to release them back into the wild, a process that take over 10 years. The animals often suffer from physical and psychological damage, but with care, attention and compassion from the keepers and volunteers, the animals begin the long process of gaining independence and learning how to survive in the wild. As they develop they are slowly integrated back into larger family groups until they are ready for their eventual release when possible. ©Dan Kitwood / Getty Images. Award of excellence in the 73rd Annual Pictures of the year International Competition (POYi). Pictures Of the Year International is a program of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. Courtesy of Look3 Festival and the artist
Grozny. January 1995.
Chechen fighter flees the presidential palace. Christopher Morris/VII for Time Magazine. Courtesy of LOOK3 Festival, VII and the artist
Mouth Wide Open. Sara Errani of Italy serves to Samantha Stosur of Australia during their Women's Singles Third Round match on Day Six of the 2015 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 5, 2015 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. © Al Bello / Getty Images. Sports photographer of the year in the 73rd Annual Pictures of the year International Competition (POYi). Pictures Of the Year International is a program of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. Courtesy of LOOK3 Festival and the artist
Ra’s Lanuf, Libya, March 11. Rebels flee from an anti-aircraft gun that comes under fire from the Libyan army. © Yuri Kozyrev/NOOR. Courtesy of LOOK3 Festival and the artist
A Syrian family weeps tears of joy after reaching, on a rubber boat from Turkey, the village of Skala Sykaminias located on the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos, on October 10, 2015. Thousand of refugees, mostly coming from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, cross everyday the Aegean sea from Turkey to reach Europe: a relatively short but extremely perilous journey. According to the UN Refugee Agency, more than 850 000 arrivals by sea were registered in Greece in 2015. ©Fabio Bucciarelli/MeMo. First place, category 'Exodus' in the 73rd Annual Pictures of the year International Competition (POYi). Pictures Of the Year International is a program of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. Courtesy of LOOK3 Festival, MeMo and the artist
Elisha Morrow and Tiffany Berkland were sexually harassed by the same company commander when they were in basic training after joining the Coast Guard. Elisha thought about faking a suicide attempt to get away from him; "he haunts your person by day and your dreams at night."They did not report the harassment for fear of being kicked out but came forward when they met a third victim. When their case went to trial, they met a fourth young woman who had been raped recently by the same company commander. Berkland and Morrow are guilt ridden for not coming forward sooner. They sit in their hotel room after attending the Truth and Justice Summit on MST in Washington, D.C. © 2016, Mary F. Calvert / ZumaPress and The Alexia Foundation. Courtesy of LOOK3 Festival, Zuma Press, the Alexa Foundation and the artist
US Army Spc. Natasha Schuette, 21, was pressured not to report being assaulted by her drill sergeant during basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Though she was hazed by her assailant’s fellow drill instructors, she refused to back down and Staff Sgt. Louis Corral is now serving four years in prison for assaulting her and four other female trainees. The US Army rewarded Natasha for her courage to report her assault and the Sexual Harassment/ Assault Response & Prevention office distributed a training video featuring her story. She is now stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. © 2016, Mary F. Calvert / ZumaPress and The Alexia Foundation. Courtesy of LOOK3 Festival, Zuma Press, the Alexa Foundation and the artist
1960Now Atlanta 2015
© Sheila Pree Bright. Courtesy of LOOK3 Festival and the artist
Untitled © Radcliffe "Ruddy" Roye. Courtesy of LOOK3 Festival and the artist
21/10/2015, Thousands of Nigerian law graduates were called to the bar in Abuja. Ginika one of the young lawyers on her way in a car to the big ceremony. © Tom Saater. Courtesy of LOOK3 Festival and the artist
An Iranian Journey. The mother of martyrs, those who died in the Iran-Iraq war, praying at the graves of their sons and surrounded by their portraits. © Hossein Fatemi. Winner of the World Understanding Award in the 73rd Annual Pictures of the year International Competition (POYi). Pictures Of the Year International is a program of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. Courtesy of LOOK3 Festival and the artist
Manny Bojorquez casts a shadow on a flag in his apartment in Mesa, Arizona. He was a member of the 2/7 Marines, which fought in Afghanistan in 2008 and now has a suicide rate more than 10 times higher than the national average. Since the deployment, there have been 14 suicides. Bojorquez, like many of his comrades, has been haunted by the high number of deaths in his battalion and even tried to shoot himself. He has tried to get counseling from the VA, but walked out of a session when he was told to treat the loss of his friends like a bad break up with a girlfriend. The Marines of the 2/7 have since created a database of their members to help stem the suicides by sending the nearest Marine to check on someone who is suicidal. Photographed on Friday, March 27, 2015. © Todd Heisler for The New York Times. Second place, Newspaper Photographer of the Year Category in the 73rd Annual Pictures of the year International Competition (POYi). Pictures Of the Year International is a program of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. Courtesy of LOOK3 Festival and the artist
Where love is illegal. "O" (right) and "D" (left), St Petersburg, Russia. Nov. 9, 2014. Lesbian couple O (27) and D (23) were holding hands and sharing a kiss on their way home after a jazz concert late at night on Oct. 19 when they say they were attacked. A stranger accused them of being lesbians, punching and kicking them repeatedly. Although Russia decriminalized same-sex relationships between consenting adults in private in 1993, there are currently no laws prohibiting discrimination towards LGBT people. In June 2013 Russia introduced federal law criminalizing the distribution of LGBT ìpropagandaî among minors, which prompted international uproar. ìNow, in Russia, holding hands is dangerous for us, says O. But if the goal of these attackers was to separate us, they failed. They only made our relationship stronger. © Robin Hammond. First Place, Portraits Category in the 73rd Annual Pictures of the year International Competition (POYi). Pictures Of the Year International is a program of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. Courtesy of LOOK3 Festival and the artist
Shauna's new baby, Cobh, Ireland, 2012 © Doug DuBois. Courtesy of LOOK3 Festival and the artist
You and Me, 2009 © Olivia Bee. Courtesy of LOOK3 Festival and the artist
Upper Yellowstone Falls, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 2015. Daguerreotype © Binh Danh. Courtesy of LOOK3 Festival and the artist
Cold Blood Colombia. Colombia, two hours from Barranquilla on the coast, 30/04/2014.
Within an intensive breeding for crocodiles. Here during the capture of a caiman intended along with hundreds of other specimens, to the Asian market. The capture is performed manually and is made possible and safe through the experience of a team specially prepared. The first intervention immediately after the catch is the application of an elastic rubber band on the mouth of the alligator to prevent the animal bite. © Paolo Marchetti, 2015 / Getty Reportage. Third Place, Science & Natural History Picture Story in the 73rd Annual Pictures of the year International Competition (POYi). Pictures Of the Year International is a program of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. Courtesy of LOOK3 Festival and the artist
Bald eagle feeds on a dead pronghorn that died during spring migration on its way towards Grand Teton National Park. Many animals leave the National Park for a portion of the year highlighting border issues for parks and the need to conserve land beyond park boundaries. © Joe Riis. Courtesy of LOOK3 Festival and the artist
Away, 2008 © Olivia Bee. Courtesy of LOOK3 Festival and the artist
The young woman in the foreground is the soon to be crowned Junior Spring Queen. Spring Queen is the world's largest worker only fashion show and beauty pageant. Last night was it's 40th edition. The show is staged by SACTWU (South African Clothing and Textile Worker's Union). Factory workers in South Africa as elsewhere in the world are low paid. Spring Queen is one of the rare occasions where these workers get to dress up in some of the kinds of garments the make but cannot afford. Edit: junior entrants are still in high school and their prize money goes towards post-high school education. © Barry Christianson. Courtesy of LOOK3 Festival and the artist
Night prayers in Al-Sultan Hasan mosque in older Cairo. The lights are integral part of the mosque architecture (which was built in 1359). I was attracted by the lights opposition with people in the mosque, knowing at the same time that it was also built as a school for all different sects of Islamic thought to be sought together in one mosque. © Mahmoud Khattab. Courtesy of LOOK3 Festival and the artist
Jyllands-Posten, Commitment to Life. In Denmark, there is a small community like no one else. The village S¯lund is a special home to 232 adults, all living a life with a significant and permanent mental and physical functioning, which means that they are all heavily dependent on care. Each day the 600 employees at S¯lund create the best possible life for the people living there. The goal is that they find the best, meaningful and significant life under the circumstances. S¯lund is the largest town of its kind in Denmark. Even though lives are lived on the dark side, the residents at S¯lund are all "Committed to Life."
All the residents have their own room. And they can decorate it as they wish. © Casper Dalhoff. Winner of the Community Awareness Award in the 73rd Annual Pictures of the year International Competition (POYi). Pictures Of the Year International is a program of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. Courtesy of LOOK3 Festival and the artist
Max Jumped off a Train, 2012 © Olivia Bee. Courtesy of LOOK3 Festival and the artist
Haute Couture, Spring, Summer, 2013, Dior. © Christopher Morris/VII for L'Officiel. Courtesy of LOOK3 Festival and the artist
Flower Hat Jelly, Monterey Bay Aquarium, California © 2006, Frans Lanting. Courtesy of LOOK3 Festival and the artist
