The Places We Live

By The Daily Dish

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From the artist's website:

In 2008 more people live in cities than in rural areas. One third of city dwellers, more than a billion people, live in slums. In The Places We Live, Magnum photographer Jonas Bendiksen presents sixteen homes in four different slum areas: Caracas, Venezuela; Mumbai, India; Nairobi, Kenya; and Jakarta, Indonesia.

More images here.

(hat tip: Diana Jou)

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http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2008/10/the-places-we-live/210585/