Fort Santiago, Manila Intramuros
(2023.12)
Manila: 19 million inhabitants including 1.5 million orphans,
La Croix / Asmae estimates - Sister Emmanuelle Association
The kid, his instinctive, playful reaction, must not hide his condition
as a street orphan.
- How long will it survive, apart, opposite,
at the foot of modernity and luxury?
(our first coin bounced out of its bucket and fell back into the water,
the second remained with it)
Manila: 19 million inhabitants including 1.5 million orphans,
La Croix / Asmae estimates - Sister Emmanuelle Association
The kid, his instinctive, playful reaction, must not hide his condition
as a street orphan.
- How long will it survive, apart, opposite,
at the foot of modernity and luxury?
(our first coin bounced out of its bucket and fell back into the water,
the second remained with it)
Manila - #BA001
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Orphan from Pasig - #BA002
Senior city zen - #BA003
...because in the Philippines people over 60
are entitled to a "senior citizen" card
which grants them 20% on a range of services
(including restaurants, etc.),
prioritizes them in all queues
and reserves them cars in the metro.
At the same time,
street children beg and sniff for their survival supplies.
Some people will tell me that the reality is much more complex
than my two photos with the very, very rich
and an almost non-existent middle class.
are entitled to a "senior citizen" card
which grants them 20% on a range of services
(including restaurants, etc.),
prioritizes them in all queues
and reserves them cars in the metro.
At the same time,
street children beg and sniff for their survival supplies.
Some people will tell me that the reality is much more complex
than my two photos with the very, very rich
and an almost non-existent middle class.
