Mary F. Calvert Receives Leica Foto Project Award

Mary Calvert was one of four recipients of the 2023 Leica Women Foto Project Award, for her work entitled "Left Behind: Suicide and Military Sexual Abuse."

Concentrating on documenting social justice issues neglected by the media at large, photographer Mary Calvert has focused her attention for the past nine years on documenting military sexual abuse (MST) in the United States Armed Forces. In her shattering project Left Behind, Calvert draws attention to the impact of MST on victims and their families, as well as the scars of trauma that are left long after events of sexual assault.

Awardees were determined by an esteemed  jury based on quality of photography, sophistication of project and a dedication to the medium of photography. 

Mary’s full body of work can be found here.