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Shapna (age 13) works as a stone collector. Sometime she does not work because of her childish pranks. She is not old enough for the work. Between working times, she travels by her brother’s boat for fun.
Khaled Hasan, 2009 student winner
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A butcher at the Hudson Valley Foie Gras Plant waits for the next duck to make it to his station a the slaughter house. The Foie Gras, or duck liver, is considered a delicacy by some, but practices of force feeding make it a controversial dish.
Philip Scott Andrews, 2009 student winner
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A Mexican boy in the town of La Venta, Mexico, sits on his bicycle in the bedroom at the end of the working day, looking at his reflection in a small piece of mirror. Many families live in total poverty, and children are constrained to work on the streets in order to bring their families some additional income.
Yanina Manolova, 2009 student winner
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Cecil Shell pulls his horse, Blaze, from behind the family's trailer and out into the front yard. Having grown up around horses, Cecil was determined as a young man to one day own a horse and when he finally saved up enough money he bought Blaze as a present for his wife Theresa.
Carl Kiilsgaard, 2009 student winner
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Mourners of Samalia touch the coffin with the body of her in El Mezquital, Guatemala City. Noemi was shot 12 times in front of her own home. Nov 19, 2006.
Walter Astrada, 2009 professional winner
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Joe checks to see how much bourbon he has left as Jerry and Dave fish in the Barren River next to the bridge. They usually have problems with people stealing their fishing supplies so they make sure that one person is always under the bridge when the others leave. They eat the fish that they catch not minding the polluted water.
Bryan Anselm, 2009 student winner