Portraits, 2nd prize
Pep Bonet
Noor for Positive Lives
Noor for Positive Lives
22 May, 2008
Manuel Martinez, known as 'La Negra', is a transsexual sex worker in San Pedro Sula. He has known for the past five years that he is HIV positive. San Pedro Sula is the second largest city in Honduras and has one of the highest instances of HIV in the country. Transsexual sex workers are particularly vulnerable to infection. Conservative family and religious values mean that gays and transsexuals are often victims of rejection and violence.
Pep Bonet
His long-term projects focus on African issues such as HIV/Aids and the aftermath of the civil war in Sierra Leone, which he covered in his well known project 'Faith in Chaos. He...
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