“Trash of the City”

Knowledge workers, you can call these people, the ones that collect waste from the street for a living

Friday cleaning

Sao Paulo -  Every friday morning the men and women of the collective clean out the place.After a week of sorting the non-recyclable materials are gathered and removed from the plot.…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

For black day

Bishkek -  You can find a lot of things on the balconies. It can be broken chairs or other unnecessary stuff. Some people store it for black day. Black day is the…
Anastasia Slastnikova – Bishkek Lab

flowers small nursery

Ramallah -  there is this chair in a small nursery flowers .... sells flowers and plants seedlings diverse ...  is this place in the city of al-Bireh near Ramallah city ....  is this…
Awatef Romeya – Ramallah Lab

Don’t disturb.

Bishkek -  A lot of old stuff has its “second life” and still gives us pleasure. The dog enjoys the dreams in old chair.…
Tatyana Mihnevich – Bishkek Lab

Car smashed سيارة محطمة

Asira ash Shamaliya -  This car is smashed by the Palestinian police because it’s an illegal car. It was bought in Israel for only 400 shekel. Probably reported as stolen or de-listed by…
Ehab Yaseen – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Batteries Not Included

Lagos -  On the edges of the Lagos lagoon near Lekki, one of Lagos’ wealthiest areas and a “gated community” seemingly trying to isolate itself from the rest of the city, a…
Folarin Shasanya – Lagos Lab

Across

Sao Paulo -  Inside the bar, I eat a tasty dinner with my children while I wait the traffic jam decrease. It’s hot out there. Inside here has air conditioning and the service…
Ines Correa – Sao Paulo Lab

Fency

Bishkek -  The frames from the hospital beds used as a fence. The loveliness doesn’t have to be expensive. This is an example of the cheapest way of “recycling”, the…
Samat Mambetshaev – Bishkek Lab

Domestic Shoe Rack

Lagos -  For the latest in space-saving furniture, your home can have an economical shoe rack like this with enough room for all the family’s footwear. Simply remove window air-conditioning unit (if…
Folarin Shasanya – Lagos Lab

Bricks

Bishkek -  The outside wall is made from old and used bottles. That’s a new way to re-use the old plastic and broken glass bottles. The “bricks” are available everywhere…
Samat Mambetshaev – Bishkek Lab

“It don’t exist”

Detroit -  Someone wrote that slogan on several burned out houses on Michigan Avenue in Detroit. Since the last factory shut down in the 1990s, most of the remaining residents moved out…
Marcin Szczepanski – Migrationpapa

A weird form of art?

Sao Paulo -  Toilets filled with sand thrown on sidewalk. Apparently, they should have been used as pots for plants in a way of recycling or even art, but are abandoned now.…
Ze Carlos Barretta – Sao Paulo Lab

Energy

Qalandia -  In the last ten years or so, energy drinks have become one of the most luxurious commodities in the Palestinian market. Though it indicates that it should not be given…
Khaldun Bshara – 50 Villages Qalandia

City art 2

Rotterdam -  After the houses on this corner were demolished, these colorful faces appeared, painted on a mobile home in a garden. How did they ever get that caravan in this garden…
Nies Medema – Migrationpapa

Black water in the Town

Dhaka -  This is not a storage of any chemical damps . Its a water canal or water pass in the town . Its smell like a poison, eys are always burning here. Slum…
Arifur Rahman – Dhaka Lab

After drinking

Bishkek -  The bottle of beer supports the bottle of maksym. Maksym is the national drink that helps to neutralise the ‘after drink syndrome’. …
Tatyana Zelenskaja – Bishkek Lab

A kind of social advertisement

Bishkek -  Personal attempt to educate people. The Russian text says ‘Do not dump rubbish here – fine 1000 soms!’ But look under the roof :-)…
Elena Chigibaeva – Bishkek Lab

Educating people

Sao Paulo -  In the entrance of the private university where the Human Rights Colloquiem is held you can deposit your waste in five different categories: Paper, plastic, glass, metal and non recycable…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

Chewing gum

Rotterdam -  ‘Sick and tired of chewing gum in the city. Rotterdam MUST be clean, intact and safe! WHY? BECAUSE!’ says the text on the rubbish bin. The little white dots…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

Black day

Asira ash Shamaliya -  In the old village there is an empty plot of land. It has a splendid view on the hills. Imagine a small public garden here with some trees for the…
Lino Hellings – 50 villages Asira ash Shamaliya

Advertising is everywhere

Bishkek -  Sometimes we glue ads out of place. Maybe it’s just this case?…
Angelina Mokh – Bishkek Lab