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Whitechapel Portraits

May 13, 2013
Whitechapel, c. 2000

Whitechapel, c. 2000

Whitechapel, c. 2000

Whitechapel, c. 2000

Whitechapel, c. 2000

Whitechapel, c. 2000

Whitechapel, c. 2000

Whitechapel, c. 2000

Whitechapel, c. 2000

Whitechapel, c. 2000

Walking on Brick Lane

May 12, 2013
Brick Lane, c. 1986

Brick Lane, c. 1986

Brick Lane, c. 1983

Brick Lane, c. 1983

Brick Lane, c. 2002

Brick Lane, c. 2002

Brick Lane, c. 2002

Brick Lane, c. 2002

Brick Lane, c. 2006

Brick Lane, c. 2006

Brick Lane, 2012

Brick Lane, 2012

Recycling in Bangladesh

May 11, 2013

The recent building disaster in Bangladesh reminded me of the photographs I took there in 2008 of children scavenging for recyclable materials on a landfill site. There is so much wealth in the world yet millions are forced to live in dire poverty hardly able to buy enough food to survive. These children traversed a stinking rubbish heap in their bare feet looking for materials to recycle.

Children on a landfill site, Dhaka Bangladesh 2008

Children on a landfill site, Dhaka Bangladesh 2008

Children on a landfill site, Dhaka Bangladesh 2008

A child on a landfill site, Dhaka Bangladesh 2008

Children on a landfill site, Dhaka Bangladesh 2008

A child on a landfill site, Dhaka Bangladesh 2008

Children on a landfill site, Dhaka Bangladesh 2008

Children on a landfill site, Dhaka Bangladesh 2008

Materials collected for recycling, Dhaka Bangladesh 2008

Materials collected for recycling, Dhaka Bangladesh 2008

Children recycling on a landfill site, Dhaka Bangladesh

Children recycling on a landfill site, Dhaka Bangladesh

Children recycling on a landfill site, Dhaka Bangladesh

Children recycling on a landfill site, Dhaka Bangladesh

Bethnal Green Road & Brick Lane

May 10, 2013
Bethnal Green Road, c. 1990

Bethnal Green Road, c. 1990

Brick Lane 2013

Brick Lane 2013

Brick Lane 2013

Brick Lane 2013

Bicycles

May 9, 2013
Marrakech, 2005

Marrakech, 2005

Man with Bicycle, Grimsby Street off Brick Lane, c. 1984

Man with Bicycle, Grimsby Street off Brick Lane, c. 1984

Brick Lane 2013

Brick Lane 2013