THE National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) under the Office of the President of the Republic of the Philippines has recognized 22-year-old visual artist Mariah Karla Zamora with the prestigious Ani ng Dangal.

Zamora, a Multimedia Arts student at the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde School of New Media Arts, earned the distinction after emerging as National Award Winner for the Philippines at the 2022 Sony World Photography Awards in London. It is the leading competition for established and emerging photographers around the world.