Wire Photographer of the Year: Mauricio Lima

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Of his method of working, Lima says that he aims for "invisibility" in order to get closer to the subjects, citing Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa and James Nachtwey as inspirations. "That is the overriding ethic of all my work, and in photography it means exercising perseverance."

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