LOBA 2022 Winner - Kiana Hayeri
The winner of the Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2022 is the photographer Kiana Hayeri, born in Iran and brought up in Canada. For her series “Written on the Ice, Left in the Sun” she was awarded in the main category in the 42nd competition year of LOBA.
These pictures of everyday life were taken over the last four years; yet, with their direct documentary approach, they provide important insight into the serious changes that have been taking place in Afghanistan, since the withdrawal of Western troops in the summer of 2021. Within a few days, the Taliban destroyed everything that had been achieved for freedom of expression, women’s rights and education, and replaced it with fear and insecurity.
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