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Following on from my project in Dharavi, I decided to expand the depth of the project in a subject of significant global importance, the growth of slums in the developing world. It was only recently that the majority of the world’s population became urban dwellers. Much of that growth is by the rural poor looking for employment in the ever expanding cities. Many of these people arrive only with the clothes that they wear and the cash in their pockets and are forced to sleep rough until they can get enough money to start building a basic dwelling on squatted land.
I had read that in Jakarta, Indonesia people literally live in the small gaps in the city, under bridges, in foundations, by railways. It’s an illustration of another way people adapt to their conditions and try to make good.
I had read that in Jakarta, Indonesia people literally live in the small gaps in the city, under bridges, in foundations, by railways. It’s an illustration of another way people adapt to their conditions and try to make good.
Under one of Jakarta's flyovers a community has grown from a few shacks into a small village. It has it's own shop and two bar's that serve food and drink. The community is centered around the collection of plastic bottles for recycling. Kampung Melayu, East Jakarta. June 2009
Portrait from the Kampung Melayu community, East Jakarta. June 2009.
Houses are arranged in line forming the main street of the community. Rubbish and plastic bottles that have been collected are sorted for recycling. Kampung Melayu, East Jakarta. June 2009.
One of the residents of the Kampung Melayu community. She sit's in the doorway of her hut with a poster of herself as a young model on the door. East Jakarta. June 2009.
Another resident in his shack. Kampung Melayu, East Jakarta. June 2009.
Community built under a flyover. Kampung Melayu, East Jakarta. June 2009.
Portrait from the Kampung Melayu community, East Jakarta. June 2009.
Dusk over one of the flyover communities. Lodan, North Jakarta. June 2009
Danang, the guy with the guitar, is 17 and has lived in Jakarta for 8 months. He is sitting on his home, which he shares with 4 other teenagers. He makes a living collecting plastic bottles. He hope's to become a teacher one day. Lodan, North Jakarta. June 2009
Childrens toy in a home within the framework of a bridge over a river. If the floor collapses the family, which includes a infant of three years will fall into the river. The husband works twelve hours a day as a refuse collector. Lodan, North Jakarta. June 2009
A community built on railway track on the Senen railway, Central Jakarta. June 2009.
A fire is built to reduce the waste left over from recycling. Most of the material creates highly toxic fumes which fill the air for the inhabitants. Senen railway, Central Jakarta. June 2009
Children fishing but for plasic bottles, not fish. Central Jakarta. June 2009.
Scavengers at one of Jakarta's main landfills. As ther rubbish is offloaded the scavengers
