Photographer Fernando Moleres Wins 2012 Tim Hetherington Grant
Spanish photographer Fernando Moleres has won the 2012 Tim Hetherington Grant, World Press Photo and Human Rights Watch have announced. Moleres was awarded the grant to complete his project called "Waiting for an Opportunity." The 20,000 euro grant (about $26,000 USD), established in 2011 to celebrate Hetherington 's legacy as a photographer and filmmaker, is intended to help a visual journalist complete an existing project with a human rights theme. Moleres was one of 176 journalists from 53 countries to apply for the grant this year. His project focuses on the hardship and injustice that incarcerated youth are subjected to at an adult prison in Pademba, Sierra Leone. Many wait years for trial under harsh conditions without access to legal assistance. Their families often reject them, and they struggle to re-adjust to prison life after their release. [Via PDN ] Mohamed Conteh: Arrested in December 2009 for possession of cannabis he spent four days at the police station...