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"I like being able to look at the photographs and understand what they are telling me without having to read the text description about them. I want the photographs to speak for themselves."
We interview 15 year old Beatriz Mota da Rocha, winner of the Youth Culture category at the 2015 Sony World Photography Awards.
We choose the last of our entries of the week, before the Open competition of the 2017 Sony World Photography Awards close on January 5.
"Up and down the coast homes ranging from modest bungalows to mansions are elevated and rebuilt. What is it about this place that spurs the herculean efforts to tame it at great cost and effort?"
"I'm a French photographer living in London and I started this project involving a Gameboy Camera. With it I try to show a world where the line between familiar and new is blurred."
"For me, I always try to get to know the person I am photographing so I can try to portray something about their character, something personal to them."
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