Floating Through Darkness

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Photographer

Svet Jacqueline
Prize

1st Place / Editorial / Press/Other
Jury Top 5 Selection

Abstract. Didactic. Picturesque and minimalistic. It is like a sign, a letter. And still full of meaning reflecting our time.
Date of Photograph

06/2021
Technical Info

Canon 5D Mark II/ Canon R5/ 35mm 1.8, 24-70mm 2.8
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Website

http://www.svetjacqueline.com

A raft of America-bound migrants floats in darkness in the middle of the Rio Grande River in Roma, Texas.

Biography

Svet Jacqueline earned a Bachelor of Science in Photography from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. In 2020, she documented the Black Lives Matter movement and published her first book, 100 days of Protest. In 2021, she split her time between Los Angeles, Mexico, and Texas documenting migration at the border and the cycle of poverty on Skid Row. She is a photo essayist in Relentless Courage: Ukraine And The World At War, published in 2022. She participated in the Eddie Adams Workshop, and Missouri Photo workshop and received the 2022 Yunghi Grant.
Awards

All About Photo: Best Modern Photographers, September 2022 2022 Best of Photojournalism National Press Photographers Association: 1st Place, General News Gold Winner- “Roadblock in Reynosa”- Black & White Series, Muse Photography Awards 2021 International Photography Awards: 1st Place “Floating Through Darkness” 2021 International Photography Awards: Best In Show “Floating Through Darkness”