The Prostitutes and The Priest

• Prize
  Silver in Editorial/Moving Images
• Photographer
  Christian Bobst
• Technical Info
  Photographed And Filmed With Nikon And Fujifilm Cameras
• Photo Date
  2008 - 2018
• Link
  https://vimeo.com/198707337

„The Prostitutes and the Priest" tells the story women and girls in Namibia, who have to sell their bodies in order to survive, and the priest Father Hermann Klein-Hipass who has made it his personal mission to help them. Sex work is very dangerous in Namibia, the women face a high risk of infecting themselves with HIV and STDs, get beaten up, raped or even killed. Father Hermann ist he only one who is helping us“ says Samantha, one of the protagonists. The multimedia film is based on a long term photo project that started in 2008 and came to an end in 2018, after Father Hermann passed away.