Photographer João Coelho is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From the project ‘The true story of Gina’. To see João’s body of work, click on any image.
This project tells the life story of a prostitute in the suburbs of the capital of Angola. But more than documenting the daily life of a woman who succumbed too soon to nightlife and drugs, the project reveals that underneath the scenes that can shock and provoke some kind of revulsion, there is a fragile and sensitive woman, and a loving and dedicated mother.
The project thus intends to dismantle biased ideas and preconceptions when talking about prostitution and drugs. Many times, prostitution is not a woman’s choice, but the result of a set of circumstances that occurred in her life and that left her no other option. Many times, too, women like Gina desperately want to leave the life they lead and cannot because society does not give them the means to do so.
Drugs are invariably a kind of spiritual refuge when there is nothing left but the despair and discouragement of struggling against a destiny that seems to be definitively set. It quickly becomes the faithful companion, always available to grant them a momentary comfort and inner peace they should have in their own right. However, when they wake up from this false and precarious dream, everything is the same again and their dreams never come true.
All images and text © João Coelho
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So, so sad. I’ve been blessed. I was a single working mother. Money was tight and I worked long hours and once home, after my son had dinner I would do homework until two in the morning sleep up at six take him to the childminder to work the cycle began again.
I never had to make that choice to walk the street with all those dangers.