Survival

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SURVIVAL- A collection of photos from different photostories, showing man's struggle for survival in various urban settings throughout Asia.

Aqua Culture A man working in a factory culturing sea cucumbers in a controlled environment. The business produced from these natural resources is critical for the hard workers diving deep as 30m every day collecting sea cucumbers.	Just Survive A disabled man sits in a street market begging for money. Life for the disabled is even more challenging in societies with no proper social welfare system.	Manual Labour Almost a third of the Maldives' population of 350,000 are expatriate workers. With the economic boom brought about by tourism, most Maldivians rely of Bangladeshis and Indian workers to do all the manual labour. Oftentimes workers' rights are not fully honoured.
The Contrast A man with waking sticks begging in front of Mc Donalds near the main train station in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.	Water Flood Authorities try to take control of the flooded street after the heavy rain in Male' City, The island being merely a couple of feet above sea level is prone to flooding both from tidal surges and heavy rains, both exaggerated by climate change.	Flooding Street Man carrying a child crosses a flooded street in Male' city.
Garbage Dump A Bangladeshi worker working at the main garbage disposal site in the city. These men are not provided with safety gloves or foot wear.	Dollar Queue People sleeping through out the night while in line for the 'Dollar Queue' outside Bank Of Maldives. As the economy is struggling, the bank only releases a very limited amount of US dollars for people needing it to go overseas for medical treatments and education.	Sleeping State Old man sleeping on the street next to the High Court of Maldives. Like the disables, the elderly often struggle to survive due to poor welfare systems in place.
Midnight Sweep Elderly women in Male' city sweep the streets every night from 2:30am to 6:00am. The only way for them to generate an income as they are often busy with house chores during the day.	Security Watch A payed security gaurd sleeps while on duty at midnight. Security guards are a necessity outside most shops and warehouses in Male' city nowadays due to increasing rates of petty crime and gang violence. A lot of these security guards have no formal training and put their lives at risk. But their employers sometimes don't even provide them with shade from rain or sun.	A Citizen A man taking a nap during the mid day sun on a street near a train station in Kuala Lumpur. It is not uncommon to see people sleeping at public places in the most active hub area in Malaysia.

Survival

SURVIVAL- A collection of photos from different photostories, showing man's struggle for survival in various urban settings throughout Asia.

Aqua Culture

A man working in a factory culturing sea cucumbers in a controlled environment. The business produced from these natural resources is critical for the hard workers diving deep as 30m every day collecting sea cucumbers.

Just Survive

A disabled man sits in a street market begging for money. Life for the disabled is even more challenging in societies with no proper social welfare system.

Manual Labour

Almost a third of the Maldives' population of 350,000 are expatriate workers. With the economic boom brought about by tourism, most Maldivians rely of Bangladeshis and Indian workers to do all the manual labour. Oftentimes workers' rights are not fully honoured.

The Contrast

A man with waking sticks begging in front of Mc Donalds near the main train station in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Water Flood

Authorities try to take control of the flooded street after the heavy rain in Male' City, The island being merely a couple of feet above sea level is prone to flooding both from tidal surges and heavy rains, both exaggerated by climate change.

Flooding Street

Man carrying a child crosses a flooded street in Male' city.

Garbage Dump

A Bangladeshi worker working at the main garbage disposal site in the city. These men are not provided with safety gloves or foot wear.

Dollar Queue

People sleeping through out the night while in line for the 'Dollar Queue' outside Bank Of Maldives. As the economy is struggling, the bank only releases a very limited amount of US dollars for people needing it to go overseas for medical treatments and education.

Sleeping State

Old man sleeping on the street next to the High Court of Maldives. Like the disables, the elderly often struggle to survive due to poor welfare systems in place.

Midnight Sweep

Elderly women in Male' city sweep the streets every night from 2:30am to 6:00am. The only way for them to generate an income as they are often busy with house chores during the day.

Security Watch

A Citizen

A man taking a nap during the mid day sun on a street near a train station in Kuala Lumpur. It is not uncommon to see people sleeping at public places in the most active hub area in Malaysia.