Part 1: The Job

Happy Friday!!

Here is Part 1 of my Photo Essay...the last part (or the first part)...you can now see the entire essay by starting here and scrolling down.

I am taking a large group to Northern Jakarta for a photowalk tomorrow...will post some photos next week...have a great weekend!!

Part 1: THE JOB

The trucks arrive with trash...

A man waits for the trucks...

The truck arrives, and people rush to find their plastic or other treasures...

Most collect plastic...they are paid about 4 US cents per Kilo of plastic...

bags of plastic are weighed near the top of the trash mountain...

Men write down the weights of the bags of plastic...

Part 2: The People

This is Part 2 of my Photo Essay of life in the Dump...

"The People"

Part 3: Where They Live

I am trying something new on this blog...

I visited the Jakarta Dump again this past weekend. I thought it might be cool to do a "photo essay" on what I saw and experienced while there. Since the blog posts are done with the current day first, I will start with "Part 3" today, and then do "Part 2" on Wednesday, and "Part 1" on Friday. After Friday, you can just scroll down to see the entire essay...

After visiting the dump, and climbing the mountain of trash, we went to the neighboring "kampung" (village) where all the trash pickers live. Most all of the houses were made from the trash found in the dump. Even the clothes and shoes the people wear were found in the dump...

"WHERE DO THEY LIVE?"