CPOY 74 Portfolio Silver, Runner-Up College Photographer of the Year: Maranie Staab
A body of work that demonstrates versatility, expertise and depth and showcases a photographer’s vision.
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Slide 44 of 55
December 29, 2018
Amera, a young Yazidi bride dances following her marriage to Samir, a fellow Yazidi. The ceremony and after-party took place in a clearing outside of the Bajed Kandala Displacement Camp in Iraqi Kurdistan; all of those in attendance, as well as the bride and groom, were forced to flee their home of Sinjar, Iraq following an ISIS attack in August 2014. Currently home to over 9,000 displaced Yazidis, those living in the Bajed Kandala camp do their best to live life "normally", celebrating weddings, birthdays and religious holidays as they are able.