Meredith Kohut, American
Carlos Tiul, an Indigenous farmer whose maize crop has failed, with his children, 2019
This striking photo shows a farmer in the Alta Verapaz region of Guatemala standing in his field of dead corn with his family following intense droughts in the region. The changing conditions are forcing him and many others to leave their homes and seek other options. But as the photo conveys, this is their livelihood and home and the last thing they want to do is leave. In coming decades, conditions could worsen to the point that 19% of the earth is an unlivable hot zone, and this photo begs the question: where will all those people go and what will they do? Label by Jackson Schiminger