Ticket Hamburg_Rio_Hamburg 10 days Acomodation in Rio In 2003, Mel Young, founder of the
Scottish street paper “The big issue“ and
of the “International Network of Street
Papers”, created a unique movement: the
Homeless World Cup (HWC). The HWC
is an annual soccer competition for
homeless people and helps young homeless
all over the world to find a way back
into society.
Mauricio Bustamante, Argentinean
photographer, accompanied the Homeless
World Cup since the first competition
in 2003 with his camera. He’s been
on site at all five locations in Graz,
Gothenburg, Edinburgh, Cape Town and
Copenhagen. und Milan. Bustamante is the ONE
documentalist of this World Cup, a
blessing for the social side of soccer.
For the 8th Homeless World Cup 2010 in
Rio, Brazil, the last seven championships are
depicted in a 40-page magazine
as a chronological
photo-series by Mauricio Bustamante.
The collages show all events around the
soccer ball: The matches in the stadiums,
portraits of participants, life at accommodation
facilities, the excitement of the audience
and much more. The illustrated book includes
a preface by Alex Ferguson, coach of Manchester
United, as well as texts about the
history of the HWC
Since most players live from selling street
papers, this special magazine is sold by the
players for 3 R per issue during the tournament
In addition each team has the
option to acquire a limited number of issues
to sell in their home country. The seller can
keep one Euro himself, one Euro will be
donated to the organization of the HWC and
one Euro goes to the Hinz und Kunzt A, the publisher of this magazine.
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