The photographer Patricia Willocq, from Tournai in Wallonia, wins Alfred Fried Photography Award 2015 for the World's best picture on the theme of Peace. She received this prestigious price in the Austrian Parliament, from Peace Nobel Price Winner, Mr. Kailash Satyarthi.

In this series of pictures you discover the life of Esther, a little girl born of rape, going through all the big milestones of her life: her birth, her first steps, her first day at school, her wedding, her first day as a mother, etc. Esther is surrounded by men who support her and protect her.  This work was produced in August 2014 to promote peace and to support the work a local NGO (HOLD DRC) who empowers children born of rape and women survivors of sexual violence.

Patricia Willocq is a freelance photographer born in the Congo. Amongst the assignments around the world, she dedicates time to support the work of associations and NGOs fighting in the field of human rights. White Ebony won an honourable mention at the UNICEF Photo of the Year Award 2013 and has been exhibited by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. This social project aimed to promote difference and tolerance towards a stigmatized minority, people with albinism, in the Congo and in the rest of Africa.

Superb photography and engaging pictures that we invite you to discover on http://www.patriciawillocq.com/