NASTASYA TAY + YIANNIS HADJIASLANIS

Across the old city of Lourenço Marques, in delapidated workers' clubs, glassed embassies, wood-panelled government offices, litter-strewn streets, schools and hostels, the capital's residents work, play and live.

Maputo holds a particular energy, a rested yet restive sensibility of perpetuity and change. In some of the city's oldest buildings, eccentric museums have emerged, around the corner from creaky wood murals in hotels where patrons pay by the hour. Streets away, imported architectural masterpieces and European Art Deco influences, across the road from those who have made deteriorating heritage sites their home.

This project seeks to document the easy, honest way in which the city's residents go about their everyday lives, in some of Maputo's most remarkable spaces.

Expected completion: Soon

If you're interested in seeing more of Maputo's lived spaces, you can download a small selection of preliminary images here.

To request a password to access our contact sheets, or to find out more about this project, please get in touch.