Editorial staff. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P].
POY Latam ?Pictures of the Year, Latin America? is the most prestigious competition for visual creators in Latin America. POY Latam is an organization led by Pablo Corral Vega, Loup Langton and Kim Grinfeder.
Photographs and photo essays could be submitted from November 30 through January 2, an extended period to adapt the contest to the new normal. In addition, this year, Gael Almeida, Daniel Rodrigues, Gisela Volá, Magdalena Herrera, Mallory Benedict, and Karla Gachet, served as judges and, for three days - from January 14 to 17 - reviewed each image remotely - given the COVID-19 pandemic - and discussed its history to be the best photograph of the year.
Lalo de Almeida
Lalo de Almeida, from Brazil, won first place for the "Ibero-American Photographer of the Year" Award. His photo essay shows the process of fires in the Brazilian Pantanal, the largest wetland on Earth.
Sarah Pabst
In Argentina, the second place for the "Ibero-American Photographer of the Year" award went to German photographer Sarah Pabst. "It's a huge recognition of my work and I still can't believe it," she declared on her Instagram account. "I learned a lot listening to you these days and I want to thank you also for all the effort and hours you put in (?)," she added. His photographs show the coldest place on planet Earth: the Antarctic continent.
Luis Antonio Rojas
The COVID-19 pandemic, which officially began 300 days ago, has left 140,241 people dead in Mexico. For his photo essay on how the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has changed everyday life in Mexico, third place for the "Ibero-American Photographer of the Year" Award goes to Mexican photographer Luis Antonio Rojas.
Florence Goupil
In Peru, Florence Goupil won an honorable mention in the same category. In one of her photographs, Goupil asks herself: "What can we offer so little to the indigenous peoples of these ancient lands?
To learn more about the winners, you can visit the POY Latam website: http://poylatam.org/as well as his Instagram account, where you can see a broader picture of such an ambitious contest.
