First Place

Paul Hansen

Dagens Nyheter



"AIDS in South Africa"



South Africa is with it's 5,7 million hiv infected, the worlds worst afflicted country. The number of deaths has made burials a very common scene and big business. Thieves digging up the graves, stealing the coffins and dumping the bodies the night after the funeral, is not uncommon.



Khayelitsha with its 2 million inhabitants, 70% unemployment and with only 10% of the population with access to health care. Every Saturday the funeral processions fill the local cemetaries.