From climate activists to orangutan babies, these images capture peace efforts around the world
These international awards for the best images of peace celebrate professional photographers who visualise what inspires hope. In short, the Alfred Fried Photography Award honours the ability of people to be caring and supportive.
The Forest Orphanage
Dilla Djalil-Daniel had intended to become a vet. She became a photographer instead, but has never lost interest in animals. The Indonesian has for years used her camera to document the way people treat animals.
Djalil-Daniel says mankind has all too often destroyed the natural habitats of animals or forced them into an industrial production chain. She has discovered an especially peaceful and touching example of people trying to make a difference at a rehabilitation centre for orphaned orangutans in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Here, baby orangutans whose mothers were killed or sold are prepared with great care for an independent life. They are not just fed and cared for, but are also taught to climb, build nests and find food.
Djalil-Daniel wants people to think about what is happening emotionally to animals.
Dilla Djalil-Daniel was born in 1966 in Jakarta, where she lives today. She was given a camera at the age of nine and used it to photograph her dogs. She studied English literature, before working for an advertising agency. Today wherever she goes she looks for animal sanctuaries such as an elephant hospital in Thailand or a rescue centre for maltreated donkeys in Nepal.
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