Blood and Sparkles Is a Photo Story About Ciudad Juarez, Where Girls Fight Lucha Libre. over the Past 30 Years, 2,500 Women Have Been Killed There. Wrestling Was a Response to Violence

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The winners of the Siena International Photo Awards were awarded in Siena, Italy. In the Storyboard category, Yana Margarete Schuler's series Between Blood and Glitter, shot in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, became the best. This place on the US border is considered one of the most dangerous places in the world for women: over the past 30 years, 2,526 women have been killed here, and hundreds are considered missing, according to the UN. In this atmosphe…