After presenting the recipients of the 2017 W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund in Humanistic Photography awards on October 18, 2017 (Daniel Garcia Castro, Edmund Clark and Alex Majoli), The Eye of Photography joins the organization and features the works of the prize finalists.
Raffy Lerma is a Filipino photojournalist whose current work is focused on the on-going drug war in the Philippines. The violent drug war, the centerpiece program of the administration of newly-elected Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, has resulted in thousands of killings since June 30, 2016. Raffy Lerma has decided to become an independent photojournalist to cover the changing Philippines at greater depth beyond the limitations imposed by the traditional media institutions. Something that remains a challenge for traditional media institutions.
