Lonesome Road

• Prize
  Gold in Editorial/Photo Essay, 2nd Place winner in Editorial
• Photographer
  Bardia Kabirifar
• Photo Date
  Sep and Oct 2023

The story focuses on the community of Iranian truck drivers who work in solitude and far from their families for most of their time. The community provides an example of a part of our society that is subjected to loneliness and its side effects. Being a truck driver working in a foreign country means spending most of your time far from your loved ones which makes it quite hard to maintain mental and physical health, and to address family-related issues specially as a father of a family in a male-dominated society (Iran) where presence of the father/husband is very much needed.