Senior William Martin III of the NYU Tisch Class of 2016 was named a winner in Photo District News' Photo Annual 2016 competition in the Student Work category. The winning photographs came from his senior thesis — a series documenting the life of Awal Mohammed, a young migrant worker who burns electronic waste in Accra, Ghana. From his thesis statement:
"In June 2015 the Accra Metropolitan Assembly demolished the homes of over 20,000 people in the slum Agbogbloshie in order to access and dredge a waterway that had caused flooding in Accra. Awal Mohammed consequently lost his home and his job, forcing him to migrate back to his hometown. William Martin’s photos document Mohammed’s struggle to work and protect his family."
To view the winning images, visit PDN's gallery here.