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Silver winner in People / Family / 2023

• The Stonebreaker Family

  • Photographer
    Francesco Caggese
  • Prize
    Silver winner in People / Family / in

Brazzaville (Congo) – August 2022. On the banks of the Congo River, Jean Paule with his wife and five children break stones to earn a living. The father breaks the stones by hand with the help of a hammer and the rest of the family takes care of chopping the smaller stones. "I break the stones with my hands to send my daughter to school and not to have to steal!" – Jean Paule. A choice against the trend is to sacrifice the men of the family to send the only daughter to school, which gives her dignity.

• 2018 Long Term Project Masterclass - Mood Photography - Pescara • 2017 Storytelling course - Mood Photography - Pescara • 2017 Reportage course - Istituto Italiano di Fotografia - Milano • 2015 Wedding Photography course - Istituto Italiano di Fotografia - Milano • 2015 Advanced course - Canon Academy - Roma • 2011 Basic and intermediate course - Fotografando - Foggia