The ICRC Humanitarian Visa d’Or Award was awarded in Paris to Alfredo Bosco, a 33-year-old Italian photojournalist working with the Milanese agency Luz.
His work Forgotten Guerrero powerfully describes the consequences of the cartel war in the Guerrero region – where the country’s largest poppy crop is found – and its consequences for the population: murders, extortion, displacement, forced disappearances, among others.
“I covered the war in Ukraine, which is a trench war, much like the First World War. In Mexico, in Guerrero, the situation is different with crime, the war for drug control. “There are no front lines, 40 cartels clash, it is much more complicated and terrible for the population”. – Alfredo Bosco, winner of the Humanitarian Visa d’Or Award, 2020
Humanitarian consequences equal to those of an armed conflict
“For its 10th edition, the jury awarded a strong subject on violence in the state of Guerrero in Mexico. If it is not an armed conflict, the violence is such that its consequences on the population are comparable to that of a war – displaced persons, missing persons and the death of civilians“explains Frédéric Joli, organizer Humanitarian Visa d’Or and spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in France.
“I was very touched by the subject, because it is the one that shows the most how civilians are trapped. We feel how the population is forced to enter the conflict, and are suffering the full consequences.” says Claude Guibal, reporter for Radio France and member of the jury.
Alfredo Bosco, 2020 winner
Alfredo Bosco is a graduate of the John Kaverdash School of Photography. Since 2010, he has traveled the world, Haiti, Venezuela, France, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan to document wars and social issues.
Alfredo Bosco will officially receive his award, endowed with 8000 euros, in Perpignan in September and will be exhibited at the Couvent des Minimes, during the 32nd edition of the international photojournalism festival “Visa pour l’Image” (August 29 – September 13).
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