TEHRAN (IFILM) -- The 2022 UNICEF Photo of the Year Award event has bestowed an honorable mention upon Iranian photojournalist Shayan Hajinajaf.
Hajinajaf received the honor for his photo series ‘Two Wings of a Butterfly’ depicting 13-year-old Zahra’s difficult fight against bone cancer, which ended in her tragic death.
According to a statement released by the event’s organizers, “Hajinajaf accompanied the girl’s ordeal intensively and with great empathy.”
“They shared moments when Zahra smiled and moments when she could barely breathe; moments of comfort with her family and moments alone in a hospital bed, attempts to walk at the beginning and the sheer agony at the end,” the statement added.
UNICEF Germany launched the UNICEF Photo of the Year Award in 2,000 to acknowledge single photos and photo series that best depict the personality and living conditions of children worldwide in an outstanding manner.