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Photography 4 Humanity

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"The climate crisis is the biggest threat to our survival as a species and is already threatening human rights around the world."

- António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, the Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations. It sets out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected and has been translated into over 500 languages.

About Photography 4 Humanity

Photography 4 Humanity calls upon photographers around the world to bring to life the power of human rights. With compelling images that illustrate courage, despair, hope, injustice, compassion, and human rights victories and failures, large and small, this project aims to inspire people to get involved and take a stand for human rights. Based in Boulder, Colorado, Photography 4 Humanity is an initiative led by world-renowned photographers that works with Eminent Judges to help select top images from around the world to be featured in the annual Photography 4 Humanity exhibit at the United Nations. For more information and a list of Eminent Judges, visit: Photography4Humanity.com

About Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Alliance

The Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Alliance is an initiative that promotes climate change as the human rights crisis that leading scientists and human rights advocates, have declared it to be. The initiative supports effective, human rights-based implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on climate change.

In 2022, the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Alliance began working with Photography 4 Humanity to feature images of people affected by climate change.

Winning image: The endless dance of erosion - "Last week my wife died due to cardiac arrest and the following week we started dismantling our house when we heard the Ganges started eroding the land again." - Nurul Islam, 80 years old - pictured in chair (Malda, West Bengal, India, November, 2021) Photo/Masood Sarwer

Photography 4 Humanity calls on photographers around the world to bring to life the power of human rights through their images. Highlighting the most compelling human rights imagery - illustrating courage, despair, hope, injustice, compassion in ways small and large, the photos serve to inspire people to get involved and take a stand for human rights.

Photography 4 Humanity encourages amateur and professional photographers alike, to submit images for an annual competition where the winner and top 10 finalists have their photographs exhibited at the United Nations.

Photography 4 Humanity, with the support of 缅北禁地Human Rights, calls upon photographers around the world to capture images of people affected by climate change.

These images depict climate change as a human rights crisis, as women, children, minorities, the poor and marginalized suffer disproportionately as the climate catastrophe escalates.

The exhibit is developed to highlight the work of top photographers through the Photography 4 Humanity Global Prize Competition, and to inspire photographers to document the power of human rights around the world.

The exhibit is created and organized by Photography 4 Humanity with the support of 缅北禁地Human Rights.

TOP 10 FINALISTS

Fighting the desert

Nouakchott, Mauritania

Women work during a sandstorm in a garden being stolen by drought. (June, 2021) Photo/Jose Manuel Moya (Chema Moya)

Sincerely. Tendrara

Tendrara, Morocco

Yamina Kotit shields her children from the strong winds which are sweeping the area, causing desertification and impacting her family's nomadic way of life. (September, 2021) Photo/Yzza Slaoui

The border between the sands and the village

Sabzevar, Iran

The border between Iran's sands and villages is decreasing every day. A number of villages are filled with sand and deserted. (August, 2021) Photo/Hadi Dehghanpour

Daily struggles due to climate change

Kolkata, India

Due to a recent flash flood, a family is finding it difficult to both walk on the flooded road as well as move their cart. (July, 2021) Photo/Kuntal Kumar Roy

Recovering

Quang Ngai, Vietnam

Coastal forests, especially mangroves, play a vital role in protecting the lives of vulnerable communities from storm surge due to the impacts of climate change. (October, 2021) Photo/Alex Cao

A Dinka girl’s sinking village

Panyagor in Twic East, South Sudan

A girl surveys her submerged home. (January, 2022) Photo/Mark Naftalin

The unthinkable rage to exist

Mananjary, Madagascar

An unusually fierce cyclone “Batsirai” destroyed a large part of the coastal town of Mananjary. (March, 2021) Photo/Christian Barbe

A threat for the green world

Hpa-an, Myanmar

In place of a green forest, a garbage dump rises. (May, 2022) Photo/Aung Chan Thar

Climate crisis

Sylhet, Bangladesh

A mother brings her children to safety in floodwater that stranded 6 million people and killed 41. (June, 2022) Photo/Zakir Hossain Chowdhury

High temperature red-alert

Anhui, China

An 88-year-old man gazes at his TV screen showing a high temperature red-alert that has been going on for 70 days – a first for him. (August, 2022) Photo/Chengbin Zhang

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Palm oil plantation

Sinan, South Korea

Deprived of forests, indigenous peoples live on the edge of the rainforest. (September, 2021) Photo/Elrea Song

Environmental injustice

Stellenbosch, South Africa

Environmental discrimination in a township. (July, 2022) Photo/Luke Kammies

Fish scale seller

Gazipur, Bangladesh

Due to river erosion, a woman earns $1 USD a day selling fish scales. (Unknown date) Photo/Abdullah Al Mahfuz

Floating life

Bogra, Bangladesh

Families stranded in flood waters see their crops submerged. (September, 2021) Photo/Ahsanul Haque Nayem

People affected by floods

West Bengal, India

The Ghatal area is especially vulnerable to repeated floods. (September, 2022) Photo/Sudipta Chakraborty?

The last house

Herat, Afghanistan

Ghulam Mohammad, a 56-year-old man lost his entire family in a flood and now lives in Herat, at an internally displaced camp. (Unknown date) Photo/Sayed Habib Bidell

Clean energy source

T?nh Bac Liêu, Vietnam

Renewable energy reduces the impacts of climate change. (November, 2021) Photo/Le Thanh Ngon

Young volunteer

Hpa-an, Myanmar

A young volunteer delivers oxygen to people in need. (August, 2021) Photo/Aung Chan Thar

Happy House

Quang Ngai, Vietnam

Despite pollution that affects Uncle Da’s home in a polluted river, he still fashions his house into a “happy heart.” (October, 2021) Photo/Alex Cao

Playing on the overflowing embankment

Jakarta, Indonesia

Children playing on a sea embankment that overflowed due to tidal waves and flooded residential areas in the Muara Baru area. (August, 2022) Photo/Arie Basuki

Washing day

MyinTwin Village, Myanmar

In order to save water at home, a woman washes her clothes by the river. (January, 2022) Photo/Si Thu Ye Myint

Watermelon field

Mekhliganj, India

Growing watermelon in a dry riverbed is difficult with sudden rain and rising waters. (February, 2022) Photo/Uttam Kamati

厂颈濒ê苍肠颈辞

Petrópolis, Brasil

A man watches as people search for the body of his family member, killed in a landslide in the city of Petrópolis, a tragedy that killed more than 200 people. (February, 2022) Photo/Mariana Rocha

Looking for plastic

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Looking for plastic materials to recycle in polluted water. (April, 2022) Photo/Saiful Islam

Enlightening education

Asansol, India

Without electricity, children study using kerosene lamps during a class conducted after sunset. (May, 2022) Photo/Sourav Das

Garbage carpet

Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

An employee of the Manaus City Hall works to remove a large amount of garbage accumulated by the heavy rains in the stream of the S?o Jorge neighborhood. (June, 2022) Photo/Suamy Beydoun

Mother earth

Philippines

A child plants a tree to help save Mother Earth. (June, 2022) Photo/Jamel Rullamas

Worried mother

Chittagong, Bangladesh

A mother is worried about her child as flood water begins to enter her home. (June, 2022) Photo/Sanchayan Chowdhury

The storm is coming to swallow

Sunamganj, Bangladesh

A man is trying to protect his buns from the storm, one example of a livelihood in a low-lying area of the world that is drowning due to climate change. (June, 2022) Photo/Abdur Rahman Nur

Neighbors fighting the fire

Froxan, Spain

Neighbors fighting the fire a few meters from their homes in the village of Froxan in one of the most virulent forest fires in Spain. (July, 2022) Photo/Adra Pallón

Firefighters fighting forest fire

Folgoso do Courel, Spain

Firefighters fighting the forest fire in one of the most devastating fires in Spain this year in Folgoso do Courel. (July, 2022) Photo/Adra Pallón

Planting mangrove trees

Demak, Indonesia

Environmental volunteers work together to plant mangroves on the beach in Demak, to help overcome erosion. (August, 2022) Photo/Kirim Foto Bambang Wirawan

This exhibit was launched in December 2022