People 2nd place winner

THE DESPERATE PLIGHT OF THE TANZANIAN ALBINOS

In Africa, there is a superstition that drinking an “albino potion” brings good luck, which is why they are hunted, mutilated and murdered by bounty hunters wanting to obtain ingredients for this highly prized concoction.

In Tanzania, the country with more albinos than anywhere else in the world, the government has found it necessary to build shelters to protect these people from the clutches of unscrupulous traffickers in human beings.

This project shows what everyday life is like in Kabanga, a shelter for albinos, their hopes and their fears.

Ana Palacios is a photojournalist who divides her time between international film production and documentary photography focused in Human Rights. Her work has been published worldwide (Stern, The Guardian, Days Japan, Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, El País, Tiempo, etc). She has published two books: Albino about the pledge of the albinos in Tanzania and Art in Movement about the art as a social change in Uganda.