Six Children Die in Fire

A fire in an abandoned bank building, next to the Comedor Los Pibes where I’ve been photographing, resulted in the death of six siblings, ages 1 to 13, according to the brief in La Nacion. The building, not much more than a concrete shell was inhabited by approximately 20 families. Many times familial space inside [...]

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Game Faces

Previously I’ve posted images (you can see them here) about the CuJuCa game day for children in Villa 31 behind the Retiro bus station. As I was looking over the images again today, I ran across these five photos. They jumped off the screen at me this time. I see reflected in each of these [...]

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The Girl Effect

“Imagine a GIRL living in POVERTY”
Now IMAGINE what can happen when you give something to her life. Here are images from one local event that is trying, through games and fun, to make a difference for just a day. Of the 20 or so social groups that participate in the CuJuCa festival, many are active [...]

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The Human element: Poverty is not a series of statistics

This post is a part of Blog Action Day 2008 on poverty.
The difference between roughly 17% and 30% is over 4.5 million people and it is the difference between what Argentina officially reports as the number of poor in the country and the general wisdom of the non-governmental economists. As often in this country, it [...]

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Tatiana

I find I am photographing children more and more. I am drawn to their faces and their surroundings. I look to show the connection between the two, between the expressions you see in my images and where they live. This is not so say the children I have photographed do not laugh and play. They [...]

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Silvia’s house

My experience with living conditions and lifestyles in La Boca and around Buenos Aires continues. After meeting up with Gloria, we went to her sister’s house in La Boca for a mate. The images below are of the inside of Silvia Rodriguez’s house.

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From my point of view

I had the opportunity today to hang out on the second floor of a community center, where I am photographing in La Boca, and watch kids across the street try to fix a bike. It had flat tires, so tinkering with the chain wasn’t going to help them much. It was however a reflection on [...]

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