CPOY 77 Documentary Photographic Project Gold: Absence
A long-form narrative picture story or photographic essay that may span multiple years and portrays important contemporary concerns or social issues. To encourage long-term projects, images from previous years' work may be included, provided none of them have previously won a CPOY award. Half of the photographs in the entry must have been taken between August 23, 2021 and August 22, 2022.
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September 13, 2021
Friends and family of the late Manuelito Rivera, record as the pallbearers, who were brothers and sons of Rivera, carry his casket to be laid to rest at The Chapel of Peace Mausoleum at Riverside Cemetery on Sept. 13, 2021. Rivera died on Sept. 2, 2021, after being in a coma for over 2 months. He was caught in the crossfire of a shooting in a Walmart parking lot on June 28, 2021.
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