“Resilience and Pride”: Survival announces winners of 2021 calendar photo competition

Cover of Survival’s Calendar 2021. Očeti Šakówiŋ, Standing Rock, USA, 2016 – Matriarchs from various backgrounds and tribal affiliations gathered in a tipi for a women’s meeting at the resistance camp opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota, on the ancestral homelands of the Očeti Šakówiŋ. The day after, Morton County law enforcement attacked water and land protectors with water canons in temperatures below freezing. © Tomás Karmelo Amaya / Survival International

Survival International, the global movement for tribal peoples, is delighted to announce the winning entries for its 2021 calendar photo competition.

Open to amateurs and professionals alike, the competition called for entries on the theme of “Resilience and Pride.” It aims to celebrate photography as a powerful medium for raising awareness of tribal peoples.

The winning image is by Yoeme, A:shiwi, and Rarámuri photographer Tomás Karmelo Amaya, depicting matriarchs from various backgrounds and tribal affiliations gathering in a tipi for a women’s meeting. The photo was taken at the resistance camp against the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota, on the ancestral homelands of the Očeti Šakówiŋ.

Cover of Survival’s Calendar 2021. Očeti Šakówiŋ, Standing Rock, USA, 2016 – Matriarchs from various backgrounds and tribal affiliations gathered in a tipi for a women’s meeting at the resistance camp opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota, on the ancestral homelands of the Očeti Šakówiŋ. The day after, Morton County law enforcement attacked water and land protectors with water canons in temperatures below freezing. © Tomás Karmelo Amaya / Survival International

 

The competition winners are:

“Mexica © Josué Rivas

“Survival © Kiliii Yuyan

“Survival © Jonatan Oregon

“Survival © Pablo Albarenga

“Survival © Guillaume Beaudoin

“Survival © Ashish Birulee

“Survival © Tiago Lage

“Survival © © Vanessa Pataxó

“Survival © Diana María Navas

“Survival © Ubiratan Suruí

“Survival © José O. Neto

“Survival © Hannah Reyes Morales

 

Calendars are £13.99 and available from Survival’s shop. All proceeds from the calendar fund Survival’s urgent work for tribal peoples.

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