Mozambique
Millennium Images is pleased to announce the arrival of Paula Glassman's photographs of Mozambique

"You turn around to take a final peek, and you see why it’s so unique to be among the lovely people living free, upon the beach of sunny Mozambique"

Since Bob Dylan wrote these words, Mozambique has endured a fifteen-year civil war and floods which took the lives of thousands and the homes and livelihoods of many more. An estimated thirteen percent of the population is infected with HIV or AIDS and it is the 4th poorest country in the world. The north of the country is currently suffering from the same famine afflicting neighbouring Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

And yet there is something magical about Mozambique, something overwhelmingly beautiful about both the people and the land. There is a spirit of quiet confidence, a gentle, calm air of hope and of pride. For a country with such a recent tumultuous past and an ever-challenging present, it is inspirationally optimistic for it’s future.

When the cease-fire was announced, ten years ago this October, the people of Mozambique, determined to enjoy their freedom which had been denied them since independence but was, at last, theirs, set down their arms and began to build a new country.

These images are of a Mozambique in transition, limbering up on the edge of modernity, breathing in the fresh air, as it embarks on a path of self-discovery.
Paula Glassman is a freelance photographer based in London. She studied Modern Languages at Edinburgh University and then took the Postgraduate Diploma in Photojournalism at the London College of Printing. She has worked for a host of magazines including Waitrose Food Illustrated, British Airways’ Business Life, Eve and the London Magazine. She has also worked for Talkback Productions, the RSC and the BBC and her work has appeared in publications such as ELLE magazine, the Times and the Guardian. Her reportage work has taken her to the Middle East, Europe, Africa and to the US, often working for charities and NGO’s as well as working on her own more personal photographic projects.