Associated Press photographer Dar Yasin is the recipient of the Yannis Behrakis International Photojournalism Award.
Athens Photo World organisers chose the winner for his coverage of the Kashmir conflict, and described the 46-year-old’s work as “testament to his courage and resilience”.
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The annual competition, established in the memory of the award-winning Greek photographer who died of cancer earlier this year at the age of 58, comes with a 15,000-euro prize that was established through a grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. Yasin, who is based in Srinagar, located in Indian-held Kashmir, will exhibit his work in Athens next summer.
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AP chief photographer in Athens, Thanassis Stavrakis, who is an artistic director at Athens Photo World announced the prize on Tuesday. The jury is chaired by Behrakis’ widow, Elisavet Saridou Behrakis, and includes MaryAnne Golon, assistant managing editor and director of photography at the Washington Post, and Santiago Lyon, director of editorial content at Adobe.