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CRACKED EARTH WITH BOY

INDIA
Somenath Mukhopadhyay

Somenath Mukhopadhyay is an amateur photographer and a teacher of a higher secondary school. His work primarily focuses on people and the environment and in particular in the areas of agriculture, human health, water and food security and climate change.

The boy in this photo is collecting water from a dried up pond in Birbhum, a district in West Bengal, India. The district is known for its arid soil and sparse vegetation. Climate change and extreme weather conditions have marginalized communities such as Birbhum that rely on its surroundings for food and shelter.

The Allard Prize Photo Competition jury selected this photo as it highlights the basic human rights issue of access to safe drinking water.