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My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

Congo (Kinshasa) | Monday, May 20, 2013 | 5 photos

I grew up 11.000km away from the place I was born. That made me obviously learn the World with different eyes and different senses. From a very young age, I became fascinated by the beauty of diversity. That feeling pushed me into photography. It helped me to preserve the memory of a place, a situation and, at the same time, supported the stories I wanted to share with friends and family.

Later on I became a medical doctor and embraced the humanitarian sector. Then, being isolated in remote areas of the planet, I learnt the power of photography. Not only an image can be used as an instrument to document human rights' abuse but also as tool of advocacy and, therefore, a way of protecting populations/environment and preventing further offense.

Winning this scholarship will provide me technical skills I have never explored before and teach me to interact and dig into the setting from a different perspective. Better skills lead to better outcomes. This adventure will allow me to document the World we live in more accurately and help me to give better voice to those who cannot be heard.