It is to this Brazilian photographer that I might have given the International Lens Award. Her black-and-white “story” of two sisters in the same train is tender, elegant, mysterious and aided by the grain and framing which are at once gentle and firm. It’s charming and slightly literary, and is a welcome contrast to the horrors displayed across from it, which are also in competition. It doesn’t matter that they’re amateurs, but the fact the choice was made to frame a selection of the “least bad” accomplishes little and undermines the educational purpose.
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