Alejandro Cegarra Wins Leica Oskar Barnack Award
Alejandro Cegarra's series "The Two Walls" has earned him the 2025 Leica Oskar Barnack Award.
Cegarra's project, which captures the struggles of migrants at the US-Mexico border, was nominated by another photographer and selected by a jury.
After nearly seven years and 35,000 photographs, Cegarra's work has been recognized globally.
When photographer Alejandro Cegarra set out for the US-Mexico border in 2018, he wanted to capture the struggles of migrants in a way that highlighted universally human emotions.
Cegarra was awarded the title without entering the competition himself, thanks to a nomination from another photographer.
Author's summary: Photographer Alejandro Cegarra wins award.