The Rory Peck Trust announced the finalists for its annual awards

The Rory Peck Trust announced the finalists for its annual awards Sponsored by Sony, these awards honour the work of the photojournalists in the field of news and today.

The Foundation Rory Peck has announced this Monday the names of the finalists of them awards Rory Peck 2016 sponsored by Sonythey honour the work of the photojournalists in the field of news and today. The nominees of this year include finalists novice and veteran from of eight countries, among which stand out reporters independent of Syria and the United Kingdom.

The feature stories of this year are those of refugees and migrants. The finalist in the category of news, Will Vassilopoulos, and the finalists in the category of best feature story, frame Salustro and Lottie Gammon, tell us stories of despair, detention and abduction in Greece, Libya, and Macedonia, respectively.

The journalists independent Syrian and Yemeni that live and work in the heart of the conflict are finalists in the category of news by the intense material that have retrieved in the first line of the combat. Waad to the Kateeb: a mother Syrian of 24 years originating of Aleppo and the reporter graphic yemeni Nabil Hassan, of Aden, we show the devastation that suffer their cities natales and its inhabitants.

Disputes and motivations of soldiers who fight in favour and against extremism in Syria and Iraq are reflected in great detail in the work of Paul Salahadin Refsdal, finalist of the Sony Impact category, in a disturbing portrait of terrorists suicide of Jabat to the Nusra; as well as the finalists in the category of news Ayman Oghanna and Jaff Warzer, who managed to integrate into the Golden Division of Iraqi elite in their struggle to oust the Islamic State in Anbar province.

The finalists in the category Sony Impact Marcel Mettelsiefen and Ben Steele explore, poignantly, the resilience of families and children rebuild their lives devastated by the conflict in Syria and by the ebola in Sierra Leone, through masterful filming that, ultimately, give us hope.

The work of the finalists of this year demonstrates very clearly that independent professionals are at the forefront of the news and today, reveal stories that make up the global agenda, inform us, challenging our perceptions and inspire us to act . His curiosity, courage and dedication is inspiring, said Tina Carr, Director of the Foundation Rory Peck. "But given that journalists from around the world are still in the spotlight, independent professionals are the most vulnerable: many of them still work alone, without any support." We want to recognize the value of these reporters and we are proud to support them through the awards and our work at the Foundation."

"At Sony, we believe in the incredible power of images and anywhere exemplified better than in the work of the Chambers. "Is by this that pay tribute to their work with them awards Rory Peck", says Michael Harrit, director of marketing Media Solutions in Sony Professional Solutions, Europe. "The fact that the finalists of this year produced a work so sophisticated and powerful in unimaginable circumstances is an inspiration for all of us. "Our sponsorship of them awards Rory Peck is the way that has Sony of recognize the immense value that provide them professional independent to it agenda informative, as well as our recognition to the work of the Foundation Rory Peck for lend its support in these times difficult".

Los ganadores de este a o se anunciar n en la ceremonia de entrega de los Premios Rory Peck, que tendr lugar en el recinto del BFI en el Southbank londinense, el mi rcoles 7 de diciembre. El evento es la principal v a de recaudaci n de fondos de la Fundaci n Rory Peck, dedicada al apoyo de los periodistas independientes y sus familias en todo el mundo.

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