Purification

Photographer

João Coelho

Category

Editorial Photography - Documentary

Company

Submission Group

Amateur

Year

2025

Country / Region:

Portugal

On a deserted beach, a group of believers gather to perform the Cult of Liberation, to be freed from the evil spirits that have taken hold of them. The liberation ends with the Purification, when the faithful dive into the sea and the Pastor confirms that they are pure again. Before the immersion, the faithful listen attentively to the pastor's final invocation, in which he invokes God's presence as a witness to their purification.