New york based photographer Krisanne Johnson has been awarded the prestigious W. Eugene Smith Grant for Humanistic photography announced on the 19 October at a function at the Asia Society, New York.
The following video documents the evening and awards ceremony in which a special screening of Stephen Dupont's Generation AK: The Afghanistan Wars and The Perils of Freedom was shown; marking the 10th anniversary of the war in Afghanistan and a tribute from Stephen to the memory and spirit of W. Eugene Smith.
Stephen was awarded the W. Eugene Smith Grant in 2007.
More of Krisanne Johnson's work can be seen here.