Inside the Garbage City

A few years back, my partner and I accompanied three Spanish journalists to one of the most depressed areas in Manila, called Vitas Tondo.  The community, which was supposed to be a relocation site, has become a neighborhood standing on garbage and coal.  Families live in dire and inhumane conditions, sourcing water and electricity at extremely high rates.

​The following photographs are my personal documentations of the trip.  It took a while for me to share them, perhaps due to the gravity of their conditions.  However, these photographs speak of deeper societal and human issues that I feel need to be addressed.