Honorable Mention
Garifuna Wanaragua
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Tyler, 14, from the Bronx, is dressed in the traditional Wanaragua costume on St. Vincent island. The ancestors of the indigenous Garifuna, Black Caribs, inhabited the island, battling the British until forced deportation to Honduras in 1797. The Wanaragua costumes are warrior outfits. During the war against the colonizers, Black Caribs would dress in women's clothes to catch the British off guard before an attack. Each year in March, the Garifuna diaspora returns to St. Vincent to honor their heritage and pay tribute to their ancestors who thwarted slavery longer than any Caribbean people. AUTHOR
Seth is a photojournalist focused on documenting threats to the human condition in Central America and beyond. His work focuses on immigration, human rights violations, corruption, and indigenous communities. His stories have been published in The Intercept, The Nation, Vice World News, The Guardian, The New Humanitarian, ABC World News, and others. He is an Eddie Adams Workshop alumni and has won multiple awards for photos series taken in Honduras and Ukraine. He is currently working on two long-term projects; one about the extended consequences of imperialism and corruption titled Anchuria: A Once and Forever Banana Republic and another about the cultural resistance of the indigenous Garifuna on the coast of Honduras.Seth graduated from Emerson College in Boston with a BFA in Literature.
