TIFA 2024 Editorial / Photo Essay

The Wrong Side of Freedom

  • Prize
    Silver in Editorial/Photo Essay
  • Photographer
    João Coelho
  • Photo Date
    2023

They live on the margins of society, fleeing police raids and taking refuge in the ruins of houses or buildings on the verge of collapse. They all have a history of violence or abuse when they were teenagers that led them to abandon their families and join gangs, their real families now. Freedom is what they have left and camaraderie is what unites them. For how long will we remain oblivious to them? For how long will we avoid reflecting on who is responsible for these young people having no place and no future in our societies?

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