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Winners 2014

British photographer Parisa Taghizadeh is the winner of the Pride Photo Award 2014 with a photo from her series ‘BOY’. 

BOY © Parisa Taghizadeh

1. Getting Closer – 2014 theme category

First prize: ‘Harsh Beautiful Portraits’ by James M. Barrett, UK
Second prize: ‘Call me Heena’ by Shahria Sharmin, Bangladesh
Third prize: ‘Transitory’ by Ashley Golsby, Australia

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Call me Heena

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2. Gender

First prize: ‘BOY’ by Parisa Taghizadeh, UK – WINNER OF THE PRIDE PHOTO AWARD 2014

Second prize: ‘Wonderland’ by Álvaro Laiz, Spain

Third prize: ‘Transgender Youth’ by Farida De Pauw, Belgium

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Andres Medina, a young indian transgender, as many other like him, has adopted woman role among the community and helps his family with the okumo chino harvest in the middle of the swamp´s jungles.
Arsenio Beria a 38 years old tidawena, drying his hair after a long swim in the river after sunset. Some tidawena are also a practitioner of diosoarotu – the owner of God – a novel form of shamanism which assimilated several missionary practices.
Identity is a matter of gender but also a cultural and ethnic issue among Tida Wenas. In pre-Columbian societies from South America it was quite common to find out that some shamans behave as if they had a dual identity or Two-spirits, and even adopted their opposite gender role.
A transgender works in a field near the river with his family.
Sanse, a 16 years old tida wena washes by the edge of the river. Sexual intercourses are often held far away from the villages, usually near of the conuco, as palafites, where the whole family lives doesn´t offer enough intimacy.
As a result of their nomadic traditions, Warao people are used to stablish into the jungle for two to six months hunting and collecting goods. A young transgender is portrayed while collecting yuruma in the deep of the jungle.
Medina family in their boat. The semi-nomadic costumes and the reciprocial behaviour among relatives are the key to understand their current way of life. For young tida wenas as Andres Medina being accepted by their family means adopting the woman rol amongst them.
Andres, 39 years old Tida Wena in a traditional warao dress beside his home. Ironically the origin of this dresses is owing to capuchin monks who designed and spread them among the indians who were used to be half-naked.
A Tidawena jumps over a puddle held to a vine in the deep of the Orinoco´s swamp forest ."The Guaraons run with extreme address on muddy lands, where the European, the Negro, or other Indians except themselves, would not dare to walk; and it is, therefore, commonly believed, that they are of lighter weight than the rest of the natives. This is also the opinion that is held in Asia of the Burat Tartars. The Guaraons whom I saw were of middle size, squat, and very muscular. The lightness with which they walk in places newly dried, without sinking in, when even they have no planks tied to their feet, seemed to me the effect of long habit. Though I sailed a considerable time on the Orinoco, I never went so low as its mouth. Future travellers, who may visit those marshy regions, will rectify what I have advanced". Le Voyage aus règions equinoxiales du Noveau Continent. Alexander von Humboldt. 1799-1804
Identity is not a static concept, but a fluent mixture of influences, both internal and externals, which conforms the way we face the world and how the world reflects this image to others. For Tida-Wena, the warao word for transgender, the identity is a matter of gender but also a cultural and ethnic issue. Sanse, a 16 years old Tidawena, watches his reflection on an old mirror while combs his hair in Murako village. Only women and transgender/homosexual wear long hair among warao people.


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3. Documentary

First prize: ‘Hotel Waria’ by Giorgio Taraschi, Italy

Second prize: ‘Homophobia in Russia’ by Mads Nissen, Denmark

Third prize: ‘Out in the Hood Teddy Ebony’ by Preston Gannaway, United States

Ajurn, 32, outside his room at Mami Joyce's house for transgenders, downtown Jakarta.
Selvie watches tv in her bedroom on an early saturday evening
Gea (right), the youngest one in the house, joking with her friend in the bedroom she shares with another young transgender at Mami Joyce's house. Being the youngest one in the "family", she can easily earn up to 700.000 rupiahs (70$) on an average saturday night.
Saturday night - 10.30pm. Mami Joyce starts to wake the girls up for the night shift.
A young transgender puts make up on in his bedroom at Mami Joyce's house.
Mami Joyce takes a cigarette break halfway through the make up process.
Selvie helps her friend dressing up for the night.
Selvie and her friends getting ready for a saturday night's shift a Mami Joyce's house.
Gea, 18. Her parents know she's an online sex worker. Being the youngest one in the "family", she can easily get up to 700.000 rupiahs (70$) on an average saturday night.
a view of Jakarta's business district at night.


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Teddy and Diego
Teddy shaving
Teddy and Chris #1
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Rick Ross Ebony hugs Teddy after a ball in Hampton in December.
Teddy’s 22nd birthday party
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4. Open

First Prize: ‘Let them show their faces’ by Aldo Soligno, Italy

Second Prize: ‘Experimental Relationship’ by Yijun Liao, China

Third Prize: ‘Till death us do part’ by John Paul Evans, UK

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Special Mention

‘God LOVES Gay’ by Jean-Jérôme Destouches, France

‘Colombia’s Next Drag Superstar’ by Viviana Peretti, Italy

‘Corrective Rape’ by Clare Carter, UK

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God loves LGBT people
God loves LGBT people
God loves LGBT people
God loves LGBT people
God loves LGBT people
God loves LGBT people
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God loves LGBT people


Colombia's Next Drag Superstar
Colombia's Next Drag Superstar
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Colombia's Next Drag Superstar
Colombia's Next Drag Superstar
Colombia's Next Drag Superstar
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Colombia's Next Drag Superstar


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