João Coelho is a self-taught documentary photographer based in Angola, where he was born and lived until the age of 11, and where he returned to roughly 15 years ago to work on public modernization and social development projects.

His daily contact with the lives of people struggling to survive sparked in him a keen interest in studying the human condition, as well as an enormous willingness to tell these people’s stories. This will began to take shape and materialize through documentary photography projects five years ago, with an emphasis on communities living and working in precarious conditions, and groups marginalized by society.

The several awards he has won at renowned international contests in documentary and photojournalism categories, function as a means of getting his messages across to a wider audience and to spark awareness and a willingness to change.