Slavery at Sea

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Photographer

Jean-Michel Clajot
Prize

Honorable Mention
Jury Top 5 Selection

Frank Meo
Date of Photograph

2015
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Website

http://www.jmclajot.net

Mahachai, unofficially known as “Little Myanmar” is located southwest of Bangkok and crowded with migrant workers from Myanmar. They are working at seafood factories and employed by Thai employers, for minimum wages of Bt200 (5EUR) per day. The use of trafficked labour is systematic in the Thai fishing industry. Migrant workers in the fishing industry, are suffering terrible abuses and are all too often denied their basic human rights

Biography

Jean-Michel Clajot (b. 1971) is an independent documentary photographer. For nearly 20 years, he has focused on intimate stories about African and Asian families and subcultures. His story on the LadyBoy, Born to be a Woman, was awarded the 2011 Pride Photo Award for documentary. As of July 2006, He joined Cosmos Photo Agency (Paris) as a represented photographer, to focus on a combination of long-term personal projects, breaking news and client assignments. Jean-Michel's work has been published in multiple press media such as Le Monde, CNN.com, National Geographic, Newsweek, Time..
Awards

2015: IPA 2015 - Honorable Mention - Editorial : Photo Essay and Feature Story Category 2011: Pride Photo Award 2011 "Documentary" "Born to be a woman"