"Ginevra Bonina wins the 2026 ZEKE award for systemic change for her project Out for Blood, which highlights period poverty in India and the women and girls fighting to reclaim the body as a site of struggle, resistance and liberation."
"A woman from the Muslim community walks through the alleys of the village of Baghori. Even though she comes from a stable economic background, her life and that of her female relatives and friends is still deeply conditioned by the taboos and stigma surrounding menstruation. Sitarganj, Uttarakhand, India, November 2025. Photograph: Ginevra Bonina"
"Ebrahim Alipoor wins the award for documentary photography for his long-term project, Bullets Have No Borders, which showcases the lives of border porters who carry goods across the treacherous Iran-Iraq mountains to support their families."
Ginevra Bonina wins the 2026 ZEKE award for systemic change for Out for Blood. The project highlights period poverty in India and the women and girls fighting to reclaim the body as a site of struggle, resistance, and liberation. A photograph from Sitarganj, Uttarakhand, India, shows a woman from the Muslim community walking through village alleys, with life shaped by taboos and stigma around menstruation despite a stable economic background. Ebrahim Alipoor wins the award for documentary photography for Bullets Have No Borders. The long-term project showcases the lives of border porters who carry goods across the dangerous Iran-Iraq mountains to support their families.
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