'Mixtec voices: the route of migration'started in 2015 with an"Unheard voices grant" from the storytelling platform Cowbird. Rodrigo continues todevelop the seriesthrough hisown funding.

This week we choose some of our favoriteArts and Cultureentries from the past 3 years of the Open competition of the Sony World Photography Awards. The competition is free to enter and open to all photographers.

"For me the core is first and foremost storytelling and then the medium or genre is not so important. "

"These photographs provide agency to those whose lives and livelihoods have been destroyed by mining processes and the long-term environmental ramifications..."

"To be good photographers I believe you need good education in all disciplines, to see and learn about the world in all its facets. Be hungry of knowledge."

The judges are looking to award the best single images from across the 10 diverse categories, from Architecture and Landscape to Still Life and Street Photography.