CPOY

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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Slide 2 of 12
September 17, 2021
Wanda Ridgeway, second from left, the executive director of Rise Up Rochester, participates in a prayer circle with women attending the group’s monthly support group for family members of victims. Everyone in attendance were women who were sisters, cousins, aunts, and mothers of the victims. Rise Up is a Rochester based anti-gun violence group that “empowers the community to establish and maintain a nonviolent culture and provides support to crime victims and their families.”
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