There are no millionaires in the slums: why does a photographer from Paris take pictures of poor people against the backdrop of luxurious Indian complexes

There are no millionaires in the slums: why does a photographer from Paris take pictures of poor people against the backdrop of luxurious Indian complexes

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Indian cities are now actively developing, and the authorities are trying to do everything to turn a poor country into a "superpower". However, the lives of poor people do not change from this in any way, they still huddle in slums and cannot afford an extra piece of bread.

Artur Crestani, a photographer from Paris, has created a photo project in which the poor people of India stand against the background of illustrated posters depicting a beautiful life. A life they'll never see. With the help of such visualization, Arthur tries to question the growing illusions about the modernity of Indian cities.

There are no millionaires in the slums: why does a photographer from Paris take pictures of poor people against the backdrop of luxurious Indian complexes

There are no millionaires in the slums: why does a photographer from Paris take pictures of poor people against the backdrop of luxurious Indian complexes

There are no millionaires in the slums: why does a photographer from Paris take pictures of poor people against the backdrop of luxurious Indian complexesThere are no millionaires in the slums: why does a photographer from Paris take pictures of poor people against the backdrop of luxurious Indian complexes

Arthur chose the city of Gurgaon to shoot the project. It is located 20 kilometers from Delhi and has already managed to turn from a small village into an industrial city with a population of two million people.

There are no millionaires in the slums: why does a photographer from Paris take pictures of poor people against the backdrop of luxurious Indian complexesThere are no millionaires in the slums: why does a photographer from Paris take pictures of poor people against the backdrop of luxurious Indian complexesThere are no millionaires in the slums: why does a photographer from Paris take pictures of poor people against the backdrop of luxurious Indian complexesThere are no millionaires in the slums: why does a photographer from Paris take pictures of poor people against the backdrop of luxurious Indian complexesThere are no millionaires in the slums: why does a photographer from Paris take pictures of poor people against the backdrop of luxurious Indian complexesThere are no millionaires in the slums: why does a photographer from Paris take pictures of poor people against the backdrop of luxurious Indian complexes

The people Arthur photographs are ordinary workers, builders, migrants. They lived in Gurgaon even before the city was affected by modernization and urbanization. According to the photographer, he took pictures of these people, because they are ignored by the authorities. Meanwhile, they are an important part of the city, without them it would not have developed so rapidly.

There are no millionaires in the slums: why does a photographer from Paris take pictures of poor people against the backdrop of luxurious Indian complexesThere are no millionaires in the slums: why does a photographer from Paris take pictures of poor people against the backdrop of luxurious Indian complexesThere are no millionaires in the slums: why does a photographer from Paris take pictures of poor people against the backdrop of luxurious Indian complexesThere are no millionaires in the slums: why does a photographer from Paris take pictures of poor people against the backdrop of luxurious Indian complexesThere are no millionaires in the slums: why does a photographer from Paris take pictures of poor people against the backdrop of luxurious Indian complexesThere are no millionaires in the slums: why does a photographer from Paris take pictures of poor people against the backdrop of luxurious Indian complexes

Arthur's project "Dreams of a Bad City" is designed to show that modernity is not at all what it seems. You can't just take something new, luxurious and rich out of an established life full of poverty and suffering of people.

Keywords: Poverty | India

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