Photojournalism - Professional

RELUCTANT sex workers_001

Carol Allen-Storey
UK

Nominee

"RELUCTANT sex workers_001"
‘Sex for Survival’ is the mantra many of the women chant in a fishing village where widows have assumed the awesome responsibility of raising their family, where they have no means of support. The women are proud, but desperate so they resort to sex work, an age old profession. Grace, Mbabaz and Eva are all HIV+, widows pose proudly along the shore.

Biography: Carol Allen-Storey is an award-winning photojournalist specializing in chronicling humanitarian and social issues, especially amongst women and children. In 2009 Carol was appointed a UNICEF ambassador for photography. Since 2006, she has been developing ANGELS at the edge of darkness, a personal project that illuminates the plight of women and children managing poverty and the AIDS pandemic in Africa. Storey is a graduate with distinction of the Central St. Martins, Master Photography programme. Her further degrees include a BA at Syracuse University and an MA at Columbia University.

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