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César Dezfuli is a freelance journalist and photojournalist of Hispanic-Iranian roots based in Madrid, specializing in human rights and identity. He is best known for "Passengers," a project reflecting on visual narratives of migration, for which he was awarded the World Press Photo 2023, the European Press Prize 2023, and the Taylor Wessing Prize in 2017.

Career
Dezfuli holds a degree in Journalism and Visual Communication from Rey Juan Carlos University and pursued a postgraduate degree in Photojournalism at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

In 2016, he undertook "Banjul to Biella," a photographic project narrating the story of Malick Jeng, a 19-year-old Gambian who migrated to Europe fleeing political persecution and corruption. The resulting images from the project, which were finalists for the Luis Valtueña Award, depict Malick's daily life in an Italian refugee center for minor migrants and the challenges of European migrant´s reception laws.

That same year, the photojournalist embarked on "Passengers," a project where he captured, with the same framing and sea background, the 118 passengers aboard a raft traversing the coast of Libya towards Italy. Dezfuli emphasizes that the aim of his work is to depict the situation on the Central Mediterranean migration route, questioning the visual representations of migrants in the media to foster social awareness. The project was published in 2022 alongside journalist Maartje Bakker in the newspaper De Volkskrant as a virtual article titled "The long road to Europe," earning the European Press Prize 2023 in the Migration Journalism category with it. That same year, the project won the World Press Photo 2023 in the Open Format Category.

In addition, César Dezfuli is a regular contributor to media such as Le Monde, De Volkskrant, The Guardian, Time, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Al Jazeera, and the BBC. Some of his published investigative topics and articles include elections in Kenya, Rwanda, China's one-child policy, and Kosovo's emotional, economic, and political relationship with the United States.

He has served as a guest teacher at various universities and public and private institutions, such as Franklin University in Switzerland, the Cultural Centre of Spain in Lima, and the Sala de Arte Joven in Madrid, and has presented at national and international conferences related to human rights and migration, such as the Fundamental Rights Forum in Vienna.

His work has been exhibited in Spain, Greece, Australia, Japan, the Netherlands, Peru, Italy, Georgia, Uruguay, England, Cuba, France, Switzerland, Senegal, the United States, and the Netherlands, among other locations.

Awards
2023, World Press Photo, Open Format.

2023, European Press Prize.

2023, Felix Schoeller Award.

2020, Sony World Photography Award.

2022, [https://www.goethe.de/resources/files/pdf315/final_catalogodigital_ymanana_whatabouttomorrow-v1.pdf European Contemporary Photography Contest. ‘And tomorrow?’. EFTI, Goethe Institut, and Alliance Française.]

2020, Sony World Photography Award.

2020, INJUVE Award in Journalism category.

2020, Catchlight Fellowship.

2020, Finalist Luchetta Journalism Award.

2020, Finalist Tim Hetherington Trust.

2019, Portrait of Humanity Award.

2019, Bird and Flight Finalist.

2018, Luis Valtueña Award.

2018, Lens Culture Exposure Award.

2018, Hellerau Portrait Prize.

2018, Photon Festival Finalist.

2018, Signo Editores Prize Finalist.

2018, Balkan Photo Festival Finalist.

2017, Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize.

2017, Head On Photo Festival Portrait Prize.

2017, Chromatic Photographer of the Year.

2017, Indian Photo Festival.

2017, IPOTY - International Photographer of the Year Awards.

2017, Roberto Villagraz Fellowship Finalist.