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Jonas Bendiksen | The Places We Live The facade of an apartment building in Barrio 23 de Enero. The areas apartment blocks have been home to communities of squatters since the late 1950s, and the area has played an important role in s (...)
Jonas Bendiksen | The Places We Live A man peeks out of his big warehouse, with Dharavi's biggest mosque, the Moinia Masjid, in the background. Mumbai, India. 2006. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen | The Places We Live A man looks out of his home under a traffic a bridge into the sewage/storm drain below. Jakarta, Indonesia. 2007. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen | The Places We Live A girl plays in Laxmi Chawl, a neighborhood of Dharavi. The little lightbulbs are put out for a wedding. Mumbai, India. 2006. Dharavi is one of Mumbai's biggest and longest standing slums. Home (...)
Jonas Bendiksen | The Places We Live Photographic reconstruction of Asanah's house. From left to right: Hari, Sartini, Hasan, Meliani, Asanah. Jakarta, Indonesia. 2007. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
Jonas Bendiksen | The Places We Live The hillside barrio of El Valle. Caracas is a shaped like a bowl, with poorer barrios circling the affluent and commercial areas, which lie at the valley floor. Caracas, Venezuela. 2005. © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos