Wire Photographer of the Year: Mauricio Lima

Afghan National Army Soldier
The intimate, poetic images that Lima made seem to come from another age. Their approach and composition recall Cartier-Bresson's "Decisive Moment," while the pastel color palette — a perfect aesthetic for Afghanistan's dry, dusty landscape and ancient culture — recalls the Autochrome process of the earliest color photography.

• Mauricio Lima's Apocalypse Afghanistan