Rafael Trejo - Dukes On The Ropes

• Photographer
  Dimitris Sideridis
• Prizes
  Silver in Book/Documentary

Sport occupies an important place in Cuba's educational system. Along with baseball, boxing is considered to be the country's top sport. Cuba has a long tradition of producing high-level boxers. Over the decades, a number of world-class boxers continued coming from the ranks of its amateur system, winning international acclaim and honors. I came across "Rafael Trejo", a historic gym that has long served as an incubator for young talents trying to join the National Federation of Boxing (Federacion Cubana De Boxeo).

D.Sideridis is a Greek photographer/filmmaker/visual artist whose award-winning work has appeared in some of the world’s biggest digital publications.He is the founder of Imagefields Lab, Athens-based film production company which focuses on producing documentary films, mixed media artworks, & organizes educational workshops.He has collaboration with Al Jazeera as a photo-editor and photojournalist.He also collaborates with CNN.He produces content on a wide range of social and anthropological issues.He holds a MA in “Photography and Visual Language” from Middlesex University, London.