A migrant walks along a road under construction in Dakar, Senegal. The image, taken by Sicilian photographer Mimi Mollica, has been chosen as the best of those submitted over the last seven months. Mimi took the photo to draw attention to the plight of thousands of migrants who die en-route from Africa in hope of a better life in Europe. It was one of many excellent entries we received after asking you to send us your photos on issues ranging from pollution to the European elections.
Some of the photos were of a Spanish woman lost in prayer, a father and son walking down a cobbled road and of a Polish student voting in Denmark. All of the photos can be found on "Flickr" photo account you can access through the first link below.
Below are the categories and the photos chosen month-by-month:
- Resolutions for 2009: "En route to hope" by Mimi Mollica.
- Hard times: "A day as a lion" by Maurizio Chelucci.
- The art of politics: "Love can be ambiguous, politics must be crystal-clear” by Wouter Van Waeyenberg.
- Polution/solution: "Ploiesti Refineries" by Michail Moscholios.
- Multicultural Europe: "A matter of faith" by Carlos Cazzuro.
- On the way to vote: "The change of generations" by Daniel Andrei.
- Election day: "A Polish Erasmus student voting" by Zofia Szostkiewicz.
A Sicilian photographer living in London, Mimi Mollica will be invited to the opening session of the newly elected European Parliament to take some photos conveying the atmosphere there in mid-July. Mimi's work focuses on social issues and human rights in areas like India, Senegal, Cuba and Brazil.
