The Yves Rocher Foundation – Institut de France has chosen to establish a special prize in partnership with the International Festival of Photojournalism Visa pour l’Image – Perpignan: the Yves Rocher Foundation Photography Award. The new award will be granted to a professional photographer wishing to work on issues in the area of the environment, relationships between humans and the earth, and major challenges for sustainable development. The 2015 award winner is the american photographer based in Brazil Lianne Milton for her project on a semi-arid region of Northeast Brazil, she was presented with the award and prize money of €8000 funded by the Yves Rocher Foundation, during the evening show on Thursday, September 5.
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