The People of Wuhan, China.

• Prize
  Silver in Editorial/Photo Essay
• Photographer
  Lucas Dragone

Wuhan, a city of more than ten million souls, breathes in contrasts. In winter’s pale light, these photographs wander through neighborhoods marked for demolition, where walls collapse to give way to vast towers of apartments. Yet amid rubble and silence, daily life continues. This is resilience without noise, resistance without anger: the simple act of living in the heart of disappearance. In the immensity of a city constantly rebuilding itself, these fragile scenes remind us that humanity endures, quietly, with grace.

Lucas Dragone is an awards wining visual artist, and story-teller. Having studied at the Lassaad International School of Theatre in Brussels, still today Lucas keeps very close ties with Lassaad, who he considers to be one of his life-long mentors. He worked with the Compagnie Barbiana in Belgium as performer, director and teacher. He also explored theatre in Italy and Brazil. After a few years he decided to switch from theatre to visual-arts and music as a means to express his creativity.