Federico Rios Escobar’s photo essay, “Paths of desperate hope, crossing the Darin Gap”, was produced with Julie Turkewitz, the Andes bureau chief for The New York Times.
The 13th edition of the ICRC’s Humanitarian Visa d’Or award
Created in 2011, the Humanitarian Visa d’or is a photojournalism prize awarded once a year by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to a professional photojournalist who has covered a humanitarian issue related to armed conflict or other violence.
The 8,000-euro prize has two purposes: to recognize the work of a photojournalist covering an armed conflict or other situation of violence, and to promote the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law. Federico Rios Escobar will officially receive his award on 6 September in Perpignan during the 35th edition of the Visa pour l’Image, a prestigious international photojournalism festival. His work will be exhibited there from 2 to 17 September 2023, before moving on to Paris.
The jury
This year’s jury was made up of:
- Marie-Hlne Barberis, researcher and archivist
- Abdulmonam Eassa, winner of the Humanitarian Visa d’or award in 2019
- Claude Guibal, senior reporter, Radio France
- Vronique Gaymard, journalist, RFI
- Cyril Drouhet, photo director, Le Figaro
- Isabelle de la Gasnerie, chief photo-editor, La Croix
- Luc Mathieu, reporter, Libration
- Rony Brauman, researcher at CRASH, Mdecins sans frontires
- Halimatou Amadou, head of communication for Africa, ICRC
