Photo series capturing indigenous experience of water shortage in the face of climate change wins prestigious Sony World Photography Award

Renowned photographers, Monty Kaplan and Marisol Mendez, received international recognition for their multi-layered representation ‘Miruku’ of the water crisis impacting the lives of the indigenous Wayuu people of Pesuapa, in Colombia, commissioned by WaterAid and British Journal of Photography. Announced at an awards ceremony at the Hilton Park Lane Hotel in London on 13 April, ‘Miruku’ was crowned the winning gallery of the competitive Climate-Professional category. As a result, the images went on to be shown as part of the Sony World Photography Awards exhibition at Somerset House, which ran…

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