Photojournalism nominee

After that terrible night where her husband attacked her with acid out of a rage fueled by jealousy, despite the pain and psychological distress caused by the anxiety for her appearance, Nilima was able to overcome this fear and move on with her life.
She remained strong in the face of the inevitable reality of a different future from the one she had imagined and after a long dark period from which she thought she would never get out she found the courage to reclaim her life, defeating violence, depression and despair.
After long years of treatment, she made the decision to become a nurse to take care of new patients who, like her, are victims of this terrible act which unfortunately has not yet disappeared.

Born and raised in alittle village in the Italian Alps, now based in Barcelona, Mauro already feltfrom young age the desire to tell. He discovered that the camera was the righttool for him, the eye through which he could speak to the world. An instrumentthat began to walk by his side towards a long journey of discovery. Definitely,to grow by himself, without the influence of schools, courses and lessons hasslowed down the process of technical knowledge, but because of this he learnedhis own way of seeing and been formed and shaped by the environment and thepeople who surrounded him in his long travels.

“Although it is difficult to express, I thinkthat the photograph represents my way of speaking and what I try to do throughmy language is to capture the sense of what I breathe and touch with my hands.Not only in appearance but also, and especially, in the essence; trying toexpress nuances and subtleties contained in a single frame. I think that’s partof my personality and my work fully expresses what I am. My story, my soul”.