Worldtown Hearsay :: Planet Slum
Submitted by thisisworldtown on November 15, 2009 – 1:42 pmNo Comment
Slums, townships, shantytowns. Living at the edge of society but being in the centre of resourceful entrepreneurship and coulorful life amid dire circumstance. This isn’t always the common association made with slum life (except of course, the simplistic glamorization of shantytown life thanks to Slumdog Millionaire and the like), but it’s well captured in this Foreign Policy Photo Essay. The photos from slums in Venezuela, India, Kenya and Indonesia resonate with a sense of ethereal beauty over anguish.
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Interesting topic: the ethical dilemmas surrounding artists: photographers, writers, painters whatever. How do you capture something, ie a slum, without it being awkwardly degrading for the subject, or worse still, exploitative?
Londoners: have you checked out the recent “favela” at the Southbank? Check it out, and let’s have some dialogue..