23 févr. 2013

Hong Kong's human battery hens: Claustrophobic images show how slum families squeeze their lives into the tiniest apartments


They are barely bigger than a toilet cubicle.Yet these depressingly cramped spaces serve as a kitchen, living room, dining room, bedroom, pantry and everything in between for their cooped-up inhabitants. Those unfortunate enough to live in these urban slums range from the elderly and unemployed low-income families and singletons. Their location? Hong Kong. One of the richest cities in the world.

-Mail Online