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First Place
Jodi Cobb National Geographic
"Bonded Labor"
Second Place
Stephen Alvarez Freelance
"Soldier enters Kansuk"
Third Place
Patrick Witty Freelance
"Death of the Unknown"
Award of Excellence
Thomas Dworzak Magnum Photos / TIME Magazine
"CHAINED"
Award of Excellence
Jodi Cobb National Geographic
"CAGED WOMEN OF INDIA"
First Place
Jodi Cobb National Geographic
"Bonded Labor" Debt traps entire families in bondage for generations in India. Brick kiln owners get workers by lending poor families money for medical care or a funeral. Then they charge exorbitant interest rates so the debts never get paid, and the parents pass them on to their children.
 

 

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