Important Things in Life

• Prize
  Shortlist
• Photographer
  Franz Messenbaeck, Austria
• Category
  Africa
• Studio
  STILLANDLIFE
• Image Location
  Senegal
• Socials
• Website
  https://stillandlife.com

A leprosy village at the Atlantic coast in West Afrika.
Here leprosy belongs to everyday life. But the disease is not excluded.
The patients are living together with their families.
Most of them lose fingers and toes due to the disease and go blind at a later stage.
These people live at the base of life. They try every day to cope with the present and to find a way into the future.
In the beginning it was like exploring the past.
Soon, however, the courage and the warmth of the people lead you on a journey that brings the important things in our life back into consciousness.

• Awards
  MQEP