With only pictures, Sebastio Salgado has made me think of things that I would have never thought of before. In this particular example, he has captured the cramped living space of an African man who is waiting to pass through to the Spanish mainland, Melilla. You can see in the picture just how many others live like him, all packed together in this camp called "Granja Agricola". I simply cannot imagine having to pack all of my livelihood in a car and then live there for days and days on end. It is amazing how so many people could live in such a small area. Of all of the things I often take for granted, space was never included in the list. I now realize just how valuable "space" is. Yet, however poor the conditions, one cannot help but admire the ingenuity seen in instances like this. These people have the creativity and the courage to make do with what they have, a skill I feel the world does not value anymore.
http://www.pdngallery.com/legends/legends10/
From Salgado's book MIGRATIONS: Humanity in Transition
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