Portraits - 3rd prize
Cadets
Paolo Verzone
Agence VU
Agence VU
05 July, 2013
École Navale (French Naval Academy), Brest, France
Portraits of cadets in some of Europe’s most prestigious military academies. For centuries, military academies across Europe have upheld traditions of soldierly honor and discipline. Young officers-to-be are schooled not only in matters of combat, but are instilled with a sense of their heritage. Even though these academies are deeply tied to the ideas of nation and homeland, in today’s Europe they also provide bridges across borders.
Paolo Verzone
For almost 30 years, Paolo Verzone has been photographing the world around him. At his beginnings, he covers the news as it appears in the pages of European and international mag...