Luiz Maximiano: Zimbabwe - A nation on the verge of collapse


  1. The Brazilian photographer Luiz Maximiano (28) made this series in Zimbabwe. His main focus was on the theme of HIV/Aids. In the Netherlands, Maximiano won a prestigious prize for this series.
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    1. A man sits at his bed at a terminal AIDS clinic in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on Monday, Jun. 19, 2006. The economy of Zimbabwe has deteriorated rapidly. It has the highest inflation rate in the world with more than 1000% a year. More than half of the population is unemployed and the country suffers shortage of food and energy in a regular basis. The country has also one of the highest HIV positive population in the world what has contributed to put Zimbabwe as the lowest life expectancy country in the world, according to the UN.

    2. A man at his bed at a terminal AIDS clinic in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on Monday, Jun. 19, 2006.


    3. A woman at a terminal AIDS clinic in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on Monday, Jun. 19, 2006.


    4. People waiting in line for food distribution in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on Tuesday, Jun. 20, 2006.


    5. Students of the Mpopoma High School in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on Wednesday, Jun. 21, 2006. Almost half of the 2000 students were orphaned by AIDS.


    6. The Zulu family at their house in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on Wednesday, Jun. 21, 2006. Their parents died due to AIDS and now their grandmother takes care of them. She has a monthly income of 10 US dollars and they can barely live with that.


    7. The Zulu family at their house in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on Wednesday, Jun. 21, 2006.


    8. A street vendor in a suburb of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on Wednesday, Jun. 21, 2006.


    9. Kids coming home from school around Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on Friday, Jun. 23, 2006.


    10. Matunambe, 24, a prostitute in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on Friday, Jun. 23, 2006. She says she makes about 5 US dollars a night. She's been a prostitute for a little over a year. She says she started because couldn't find work.


    11. A meeting of the Apostolic African Church in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on Saturday, Jun. 24, 2006. The Apostolic Church is a religious sect very popular in Zimbabwe. They do not support the use of Western medicine and young people do not go to schools. They do not gather in buildings or temples but only outdoors. Some branches also promote poligamy.


    12. Joseph Ndebele, 37, at his home in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on Monday, Jun. 26, 2006. He is HIV positive and has TB. He can't find a job anymore as his healthy is very unstable.


    13. Abigail, 15, at friend's house in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on Monday, Jun. 26, 2006. Her father died of AIDS four years ago and her mom, also HIV positive, left the country to find work in South Africa and never returned. Abigail has some serious skin condition and though she was never tested, is likely she is HIV positive as well. The skin treatment costs 50 US dollars but, after 2 months of receiving the prescription, she doesn't have money for the drugs.


    14. Sandra Nkamo, 31, at home in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on Monday, Jun. 26, 2006. She and her husband are HIV positive and both have TB.


    15. Angela, 14, a student at Mpopoma High School in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on Monday, Jun. 26, 2006. She is one of the over 800 orphans at the Mpopoma High. Almost half of the students are orphans due to AIDS.


    16. Sisters Amadika, 14, Daya, 18, and Mayba, 16, (from left to right) students at Mpopoma High School in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on Monday, Jun. 26, 2006. They are some of the over 800 orphans at the Mpopoma High. Almost half of the students are orphans due to AIDS.


    17. Mrs. Kapulo, 53, at her house in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on Tuesday, Jun. 27, 2006. She is HIV positive. The economy of Zimbabwe has deteriorated rapidly. It has the highest inflation rate in the world with more than 1000% a year. More than half of the population is unemployed and the country suffers shortage of food and energy in a regular basis. The country has also one of the highest HIV positive population in the world what has contributed to put Zimbabwe as the lowest life expectancy country in the world, according to the UN.





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