The Painful Zone is a journey through an unequal society, built for the privileged. A place where inequality, animal exploitation and the violation of human rights is the norm, and living in comfort has a high price. Without resources, without options, the system condemns the disadvantaged to wander through the streets, commute in crowded and dangerous transport, live at the edge of a hostile world.
Young man looking in water for trinkets after funeral pyres in Pashupatinath Temple.
Farmer Child
2014 Mekong River (Laos) ສາທາລະນະລັດປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ
2014 Mekong River (Laos) ສາທາລະນະລັດປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ
2014 Mekong River (Laos) ສາທາລະນະລັດປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ
2014 Mekong River (Laos) ສາທາລະນະລັດປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ
2014 Mekong River (Laos) ສາທາລະນະລັດປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ
2014 Mekong River (Laos) ສາທາລະນະລັດປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ
Group of Sadhu begging in Pashupatinath Temple.
Elderly woman begging in a church entrance.
Beggar eating some food in a Hagia Church Entrance.
Mother with child sales artesany in Swayambhunath Temple.
2015 संघीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल Kathmandu, Nepal.
2015 Lumbini (Nepal)
Elderly woman picking logs in the roads.
Young guy transporting heavy stuff on his back.
Man tailoring in the street.
Man begging in Sveti Aleksandar Nevski Square.
Man with dissability begging in Sveti Aleksandar Nevski.
Family begging in the streets.
The Grenfell Tower fire in London, caused 71 deaths and over 70 injuries.
The Grenfell Tower fire in London, caused 71 deaths and over 70 injuries.
2014 Phom Peng (Cambodia)
2014 Kep (Cambodia) ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា
Woman showering in a public water source.
Group of Drag Queens and dancers during the Gay Pride in Berlin.
Citizen protest during the political instability in Thailand.
Water supply point in Mahitili village.
The increase of garbage and plastics in the ocean.
500 killed sea lions found on Peru beach.
Elephant slavery for tourism activities and forced work, produces injuries, depression or even death.
Elephant slavery for tourism activities and forced work, produces injuries, depression or even death.
Cockfighting in the street
Elephant slavery for tourism activities and forced work, produces injuries, depression or even death.
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