Photographer Fernando Moleres Wins 2012 Tim Hetherington Grant

Spanish photographer Fernando Moleres has won the 2012 Tim Hetherington Grant, World Press Photo and Human Rights Watch have announced. Moleres was awarded the grant to complete his project called "Waiting for an Opportunity."

The 20,000 euro grant (about $26,000 USD), established in 2011 to celebrate Hetherington's legacy as a photographer and filmmaker, is intended to help a visual journalist complete an existing project with a human rights theme. Moleres was one of 176 journalists from 53 countries to apply for the grant this year. His project focuses on the hardship and injustice that incarcerated youth are subjected to at an adult prison in Pademba, Sierra Leone. Many wait years for trial under harsh conditions without access to legal assistance. Their families often reject them, and they struggle to re-adjust to prison life after their release. [Via PDN]

Mohamed Conteh: Arrested in December 2009 for possession of cannabis he spent four days at the police station without any food. His trial was held without a lawyer of family assistance. He was sentenced to 3 years in Pademba Road prison. Moleres won the World Press Photo 2011 award for the series.© Fernando Moleres

Fernando Moleres / Juveniles in prison

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Freetown Central Prison in Sierra Leone, designed to hold 220 adult prisoners, currently houses more than 1300 inmates, including boys as young as 14. Up to 60 prisoners share a 270-sq. ft. cell for up to 16 hours a day, sharing a bucket as a toilet.© Fernando Moleres

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Inmates play soccer.© Fernando Moleres

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A prison officer rests in the registration room, among the chaos of the prisoner records. Similar names and surnames, as well as carelessness and negligence on the part of the officers, complicates the process for inmates. Many remain in jail for years before their trial even starts.© Fernando Moleres

“It’s very difficult to reflect this neglect through photography, In Sierra Leone, a prisoner is nobody, and a young prisoner is nothing.” ~ Fernando Moleres© Fernando Moleres

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Juveniles in prision from piaahren on Vimeo.

“Photography has its limits,” says Moleres, who worked as a nurse in Spain before turning to photography. “I’m very happy with the project, it has received a lot of attention, but it’s just a drop in the ocean. Nobody has moved a finger to help these boys.”

Until recently, that is. Moleres returned from another excursion to Freetown just last month, where, with the help of the NGO Free Minor Africa, he gave birth to an organization that will help boys navigate through Sierra Leone’s penal and judicial systems. When fully up-and-running, Moleres hopes to help up to 20 boys, whether they need legal assistance or help with rehabilitation once they are freed from prison. Moleres will also provide them with the option of returning to school or retraining so they may enter the workforce.

Moleres, nonetheless, has no intention of abandoning his photography. He’s currently working on a book that will capture the boys of Pademba Road at various stages of their prison experience, from incarceration to rehabilitation to life on the street.

“If you don’t do anything to follow it up, photography is not worth much,” says Moleres. “We become very conscious of everything but there is little action. I’m more interested in dedicating myself to photographic projects in which action follows close behind.”

Watch a video by Fernando Morales (Panos Pictures) about the situation in this prison here.

Read more: http://lightbox.time.com/2012/11/28/fernando-moleres-and-the-empathic-eye/#ixzz2EkvxPanK

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Photographer Profile ~ Eliza R. Scidmore

Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore (1856–1928) was an American writer, photographer and geographer, who became the first female board member of the National Geographic Society. She visited Japan many times between 1885 and 1928.

Scidmore was born October 14, 1856 in Clinton, Iowa. She attended Oberlin College. Her interest in travel was aided by her brother, George Hawthorne Scidmore, a career diplomat who served in the Far East from 1884 to 1922. Eliza was often able to accompany her brother on assignments and his diplomatic position gave her entree into regions inaccessible to ordinary travelers.

It was on their return to Washington, D.C. in 1885 that Eliza had her famous idea of planting Japanese cherry trees in the capital. Scidmore found little interest in her cherry tree idea, but more in her impressions of Alaska, the subject of her first book, Alaska, Its Southern Coast and the Sitkan Archipelago (1885). She joined the National Geographic Society in 1890, soon after its founding, and became a regular correspondent and later the Society's first female trustee.

Scidmore's cherry blossom scheme began to bear fruit when incoming first lady Helen Taft took an interest in the idea in 1909. With the first lady's active support, plans moved quickly, but the first effort had to be aborted due to concerns about infestation. Subsequent efforts proved successful, however, and today many visitors enjoy the sakura of West Potomac Park and other areas of the capital, particularly during the National Cherry Blossom Festival. [via Wiki]

Eliza R. Scidmore

Japanese girls in a tea ceremony, a hand-colored photo by Eliza Scidmore from early

1900s, ~ Eliza R. Scidmore

Eliza R. Scidmore


Flowering cherries along the Sumida River in Tokyo, known as Mukojima, circa 1897.

When Eliza visited Japan, she was overwhelmed by the lovely blossoming cherry trees.  She learned that the Japanese people called them sakura,and that they were revered as a national symbol.  For centuries, people had been gathering in the spring to view and appreciate the clouds of flowers while picnicking under the trees.  This celebration is called hanami.  The different varieties of trees bloom in many shades of whites and pinks.  After their brief burst of color, the flowers are gone.  Artists and poets have often honored them for their beauty and as symbols of the brevity of life. Eliza’s dream was for the people of Washington, D.C. to be able to enjoy these trees.  Finally, in 1912, over three thousand trees were planted as a gift of the city of Tokyo.

Eliza R. Scidmore

Eliza R. Scidmore

Eliza R. Scidmore

Eliza R. Scidmore

Eliza R. Scidmore

A Japanese woman sings and plays a shamisen by Eliza R. Scidmore

A Chinese mother and child in Manchurian region attire by Eliza R. Scidmore

A woman feeds a pair of storks at Okayama Castle. Okayama, Honshu Island, Japan. ~ Eliza R. Scidmore

Portrait of Eliza R. Scidmore (Probably in her late 30s or early 40s.)

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