The Places We Live: A Narrated Slideshow of Slums Around the World.

Started in 2005 by Jonas Bendiksen, "The Places We Live" is a project about urban poverty and slums. The purpose is document how families live in the poorest conditions around the world. Taking 3 years to complete, Jonas visited dozens of families in four slums around the world.
The project consists of first hand narratives of families that live in the slums along with panoramic pictures of their living conditions.
It's an amazing project that will both astound and humble you as well as put things into perspective.

The Places We Live

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Comment by Annie on January 28, 2009 at 11:17pm: It did exactly what you said it would-- astound, humble and put things into perspective....

Comment by Eugene on January 28, 2009 at 6:22pm: i like how the website's layout. crazy about the stats too. Sucks that so many people don't have access to clean water and sanitary living conditions.