Award-winning tribute to slain journalist through powerful photography.
Edgar Martins has won the Photographer of the Year 2023 award at the Sony World Photography Awards for his series "Our War," a tribute to his friend, photojournalist Anton Hammerl, who was killed in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. Martins captured portraits of Libyan subjects who resembled or reminded him of Hammerl, who was shot while covering the conflict. The resulting images span former fighters and civilians from both sides of the eight-month conflict that saw former dictator Moammar Gadhafi overthrown by anti-government rebels. The awards attracted more than 415,000 entries in 2023, with over 180,000 of them eligible for professional categories.