Awards & Winners

João Silva

Date of Birth 09-August-1966
Place of Birth Lisbon
(Lisbon District, Portugal, Grande Lisboa, Iberian Peninsula)
Nationality Portugal
Profession Photographer
João Silva is a war photographer based in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is the last working member of the Bang-Bang Club, a group of photographers who covered South Africa from the time of Nelson Mandela's release to the first elections in 1994. Silva has worked in Africa, the Balkans, Central Asia, Russia, and the Middle East. On 23 October 2010, Silva stepped on a landmine while on patrol with US soldiers in Kandahar, Afghanistan and lost his left leg below the knee, and his right leg above it.

Awards by João Silva

Check all the awards nominated and won by João Silva.

2006


World Press Photo Award for Spot News
Honored for : US Marines in Iraq
(Stories)

Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
World Press Photo Award for Spot News US Marines in Iraq
Stories

2005


World Press Photo Award for Contemporary Issues
Honored for : Prisons of Malawi
(Single)

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
World Press Photo Award for Contemporary Issues Prisons of Malawi
Single