Congratulations to Khaled Hasan as the winner of the first Center for Documentary Practices Emerging Documentist Award. Hasan's story, Living Stone, documents the lives of a community of stone laborers in Jaflong, in North Eastern Bangladesh. Living Stone was selected by judges Paul Fusco, Ed Kashi and David Lloyd who commended Hasan for his "beautiful and hauntingly powerful photography about a compelling story" and the way he "used the language of photography to make us feel and understand the lives and land of the people".
