The House of Madness

• Prize
  Bronze in Editorial/Photo Essay
• Photographer
  João Coelho
• Photo Date
  2022

They have lost the meaning of home and family. Most come from rural provinces, arriving in the city full of dreams. But they soon find themselves pushed into a life of marginalization. They must rely on themselves to survive. At the end of the day, they gather in this abandoned house to share what unites them: food and drugs. Food is never enough for everyone, but it's the drugs that are most important to them. Only it allows them to travel to a world that doesn't exist in their fragile lives, even if they have to pay for a ticket of madness every day to get there