UPDATE: The blog has migrated. Yeah, because that means the new website is up and functioning. So, to see more photos of this story, please go to the new section RECENT WORK. The story will remain there for a time and will eventually migrate to another place on the site as I post new work to that particular page.
When humans live in such poverty, should animals be of concern? Is it a reflection of the state in which the people live? No food for the family. Certainly no food for the cat that hangs around, licking what ever crumb falls to the dirt.
I was kind of surprised the hungry dogs around the house have not eaten it.
El Impenetrable, Miraflores, Chaco.
A starving cat sits in the parched dirt as the shadows of the family that lives on the land are cast around it. The cat is not a pet. It lives nearby the family because that is its best chance of survival.
The shadow is so much more of a cat than the cat itself.
So… do you have a new cat?
No, no new cat. Magellan doesn’t share well and that poor cat had more problems then just lack of food. It did not seem to be long for this world.
Very cool blog! I usually don’t visit, even though i should. Browsing around at some photojournalism page in reader, i bumped into yours, so here I am.
I was born in Italy, but i was raised in Bs. As. (Flores, Chacarita, Paternal). I became a photojournalist very early (you can check out some stories at my FB profile: http://facebook.com/rene.volpi).
Anyway, keep up the good work, you’ve got a fan!
René