Cover of Survival’s Calendar 2021. Očeti Šakówiŋ, Standing Rock, USA, 2016 © Tomás Karmelo Amaya/Survival.
Survival International, the global movement for tribal peoples, is delighted to announce the winning entries for its 2021 calendar photo competition.
Open to amateurs and professionals alike, the competition called for entries on the theme of “Resilience and Pride.” It
aims to celebrate photography as a powerful medium for raising awareness of tribal peoples.
The winning image is by Yoeme, A:shiwi, and Rarámuri photographer Tomas Karmelo Amaya, depicting matriarchs from various
backgrounds and tribal affiliations gathering in a tipi for a women’s meeting. The photo was taken at the resistance
camp against the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota, on the ancestral homelands of the Oceti Sakowiŋ.
Another winning image that represents the protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline was taken by Josue Rivas (Mexica
and Otomi).Survival Calendar 2021. Altai Kazakh, Mongolia, 2018. © Hannah Reyes MoralesThe competition winners are:
Tomas Karmelo Amaya*
Josue Rivas *
Kiliii Yuya *
Jonatan Oregon
Pablo Albarenga
Guillaume Beaudoin
Ashish Birulee *
Tiago Lage
Vanessa Pataxo *
Diana Maria Navas
Ubiratan Surui *
Jose O. Neto
Hannah Reyes Morales
Half of the 2021 calendar images were taken by indigenous photographers (asterisked above).Survival Calendar 2021. Wauja, Brazil, 2019. © Jose O. Neto
Other photographs feature an indigenous Achuar midwife in her medicinal garden, a young member of the Altai Kazakh with
her eagle hunting partner, and children of the Paiter Surui tribe in the forest.
Survival International was founded in 1969 by a group of people appalled by the genocide of the Amazon’s indigenous
people as detailed in a Sunday Times exposé, which featured powerful images from the acclaimed photographer Don
McCullin.
The organization exists to prevent the annihilation of tribal peoples and to give them a platform to speak to the world
so they can bear witness to the genocidal violence and racism they face on a daily basis.
Stephen Corry, Director of Survival, said today: “We’ve had a lot of strong entries this year; many thanks to the
photographers. Photography has long been a vital tool for tribal peoples’ rights, and in depicting their resilience,
beauty and care for the Earth. I’m sure the pictures will attract new people to support their fight – on which not only
tribal peoples themselves, but the whole world depends.”