The photo of the year - The image-punch in the stomach of father and son against the background of the war in Syria

Turkish photographer Mehmet Aslan with the photo "Hardship of Life", is the winner of the Siena International Photo Awards (SIPA) of 2021.

This is a very "strong" image, shot in the Reyhanli area, in the Turkish province of Hatay, on the border with Syria, which captures exactly the horror of war.

This is a father who has lost one of his legs. of the war in Syria.

The photo was selected from tens of thousands of images submitted by photographers from 163 countries.

"History of the photo: While shopping in the market in Syria, Munzir loses his right leg due to a bomb that falls. His wife, who was pregnant at the time, inhales the sarin (nerve) gas that was released. "Mustafa, who came into the world, opens his eyes to the world without any extremities under the influence of sarin gas," the photographer wrote on Instagram.

The three photos that were distinguished at the Siena International Photo Awards of 2021 as the "photos of the year":

"Hardship of Life" - Mehmet Aslan

«Birthday» - Brais Lorenzo Couto 

«Zor» - Selene Magnolia 

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