August 2, 2007
Photo of the week: Homeless in Bucharest
Martin Fuchs
Romania. Bucharest. 1999. Bucharest has an estimated 3000 homeless people, representing 0,15% of the city's population. Many of the homeless resort to hiding themselves at the town channels of hot water communication. These places are dark and humid and extremely dangerous for the health. Unfortunately nothing has been done by the authorities, such as providing a night shelter or even opening a metro station during cold weather. © Chien-Chi Chang/Magnum Photos
Chien-Chi Chang's books "The Chain", "I Do I Do I Do" or "Double Happiness" are well known, his work on New York's Chinatown, that he worked on for many, many years and still works on, is extremely remarkable. When I think of Chien-Chi's photographs I almost exclusively think of his black and white work.
Occasionally however, Chien-Chi also shoots in color and I think his color photographs are less known. You should take a look at New York's Chinatown in color or at his story from 1999 on homeless people in Bucharest. The photograph above is from that story. Comments are as always appreciated.
Published on the Magnum Blog on August 2, 2007
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