Facing Death - Peshmerga Stories

• Prize
  Silver in Editorial/Conflict
• Photographer
  Silvia Alessi
• Photo Date
  2018

Three stories worth telling of Peshmerga soldiers of Iraqi Kurdistan. Salman is a young soldier, who lost two legs, one arm, one eye and one ear on an ISIS explosive device few years ago during a military operation. "Only my soul is left", he says. Hoshyar is a brigadier general, who lost two legs on two separate devices. From then, he devoted his life to clear mines wherever he can find them. Seven public buildings are named after him, him being still alive. Nasrin is a lieutenant colonel. Every member of her family works in the army. She lost her daughter during a battle against ISIS.

• Biography
  I work as a hair stylist near Milan, Italy. My passion are travel and photography. My last photographic project is called skin. I wanted to tell the story of albino people and acid attacked women in India.
• Awards
  Honorable mention at IPA int'l photography awards 2017 Featured on National Geographic Italia on march 2018 Featured on National Geographic Italia on may 2018 2nd place cat. People Amateur at MIFA 2018 Honorable mention at IPA harmony 2018 Remarkable artwork at SIPA 2018