Sin Salida (No Way Out)

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Photographer

TARIQ ZAIDI
Jury Top 5 Selection

Incredibly intimate, personal work that takes into a place/situation that none would choose to enter but need to see and understand. Clearly the photographer has a trusting relationship with the officials and the prisoners that shows through in the access and photographs. Powerful work.
Date of Photograph

Book Published October 2021
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http://www.tariqzaidi.com/

"Sin Salida" (No Way Out) documents the impacts of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha gang (MS-13) and its rival Barrio 18 gang members on El Salvador. By depicting the gang members, police, prisons, murder sites, funerals, and the government’s war against the gangs, the photographer illustrates the control the gangs have over the wider Salvadoran society, the violence through which they operate and the grief and loss resulting from the violence. This body of work is a result of over three-years of researching, planning and photographing.

Biography

Tariq Zaidi is a photographer whose work explores inequality, identity, and marginalised communities worldwide. Since 2014, he has produced internationally recognised bodies of work in politically and socially complex regions, defined by visual intensity, emotional depth, and rare access. His work has been exhibited globally and published by The Guardian, The New York Times, BBC, National Geographic, The Washington Post, Newsweek, and CNN. He is the author of three award-winning books: Sapeurs: Ladies and Gentlemen of the Congo, Sin Salida (No Way Out), and North Korea: The People’s Paradise.
Awards

Tariq has received over 80 international photography awards, with his work recognised by leading competitions worldwide. He has received eleven honours from Pictures of the Year International (POYi), including awards in the Premier Categories of "Photographer of the Year International", "Photography Book of the Year (twice)" and the "World Understanding Award". Other distinctions include the Sony World Photography Awards, Lucie Photo Book Prize (three times), Best of Photojournalism NPPA, PDN Photo Annual, AI-AP, Siena International Photo Awards, Prix de la Photographie Paris, International Photography Awards (IPA), UNICEF Photo of the Year Award and the Amnesty International Media Awards.