Edgar Martins, United Kingdom — “Siloquies and Soliloquies on Death, Life and Other Interludes”, chosen by Yumi Goto. Boulder. ”No one knows an emaciated individual in his 50s, with grey hair and b
(...) eard,
found dead yesterday morning in Parque Eduardo VII. The pitiful figure was found completely
naked, with his clothes and belongings over his body, with no clues as to his identity.
A bloody boulder was found close to the cadaver and this is all the information currently
available to solve this mysterious case.” Adapted from ”A Mysterious Case – How did a Man
Found in Parque Eduardo VII Die?” Jornal de Notícias, 14 September 1923. © Edgar Martins.
Juror’s Pick, Magnum Photography Awards 2017.