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EAT TRASH !!
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August 25, 2012
August 25, 2012
La Chureca is the biggest garbage dump in Central America, it is a lively sewer of Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. This dumping ground lies on the shores of the contaminated lake Xolotlán. Hundreds of human trash recyclers search in tons of smouldering garbage mainly metals (copper, aluminium), others concentrate on glass which is cheap, but in bigger amount. The majority of the searchers are families with children for whom recycling is a regular job. The children very often eat the food they find on the dump, none of them goes to school, they suffer from skin diseases, they have high levels of lead and DDT in blood. Many of them sniff glue, the drug of the poorest. The inhabitants of Managua say that there is the end of the world in Nicaragua – it is called La Chureca.
While I was taking the pictures I was attacked by a guy who grabbed my camera from behind in order to steal it but with the help of my friends and teargas we scared him away after a short fight.
While I was taking the pictures I was attacked by a guy who grabbed my camera from behind in order to steal it but with the help of my friends and teargas we scared him away after a short fight.
- Camera NEX 7
- Focal Length 9.7mm
- Shutter Speed 1/800 sec
- Aperture f/8
- ISO 100
- Category Journalism
- Uploaded 10 months ago
- Taken December 15th 2009
- Copyright Gabor Szentpetery
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So this picture cannot be done again anymore!