Liste documents the lives of 60 homeless families living in an abandoned chocolate factory in Salvador de Bahia in Brazil. In July, Liste won the Ian Parry Scholarship for the same work, which went on to be published in The Sunday Times Magazine and won the photographer representation from Reportage by Getty Images in its Emerging Talent division. The story has also won three Lucie/IPAs awards in October.

Founded in 2007, the Terry O’Neill award has showcased works from a range of talented upcoming photographers spanning a multitude of genres. The winners of this year’s competition were announced at the shortlist exhibition preview at the Hotshoe Gallery in London.

The panel of judges featured photographers Terry O’Neill and Tom Stoddart; Mark Grosvenor, managing director of Tag Creative; fine-art photographer Julia Fullerton-Batten; Greg Hobson, curator of photography at National Media Museum; and Daniel Campbell-Blight of the Hotshoe Gallery.

Second Place was given to Parisian Algae Bory for her work Correlations a series of self-portraits, documenting a single mother’s struggle through life. The mother remains in control of the camera, holding the shutter release in her hand, a device integral to defining the mood of the piece.

“Bory has performed quite a magic trick with these photographs for as well as loading them with powerful emotions they are also beautiful, with stunning use of composition and colour. I sense her feelings of isolation and vulnerability as a single parent and the strength between the mother and child,” comments Fullerton-Batten.

London photographer Laura Pannack, with her portrayal of Young British Naturists, won Third Place.

The seven other finalists, who were short-listed, include Kenneth O'Halloran, Andrew McConnell, Kelly Hill, Teri Havens, James Morgan, Robin Friend and Martin Maiers. All works can be viewed, along with the winners, at the Hotshoe gallery until 15 December.

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