A person stands inside an apartment of an earthquake-damaged building in La Guaira. Photo: Matias Delacroix |
Matias tells us why he chose this photo
I was covering a World Cup match in Monterrey when I got the call to head to Venezuela to help cover the earthquake. After taking three flights, I landed the following afternoon and drove toward La Guaira, reaching the disaster zone after dark.
The area was almost completely dark, illuminated only by the spotlights of rescue teams and the flashlights of residents searching for survivors. As I walked through the debris, a single illuminated room inside a heavily damaged apartment building stood out against the darkness. It immediately became the picture I wanted to make because it seemed to tell the whole story in a single frame: overwhelming destruction, yet one small sign that life might still remain. Read more about getting the image. |
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