Venezuela, Caracas. (1974) Petare
Portraits of a contrast
Contrasts of inequality but with a fabulous view. (1974)
Not all have fabulous views
Three children playing on a rooftop with city buildings in the background; two children are sitting in a small plastic tub, and one girl is standing nearby, touching her nose with her finger. | Chas Gerretsen
A black and white photo of a cityscape showing a highway at the bottom with passing cars, a hillside with numerous small, poorly-constructed houses, and taller modern apartment buildings in the background. | Chas Gerretsen
People in a impoverished residential area on the side of a hill, one woman standing next to a large container and two women sitting on a makeshift wooden structure. Clothes are hanging on a line. | Chas Gerretsen
Two young women with curlers in their hair, one sitting and the other standing, in front of a wooden wall. The standing woman is eating and wearing a shower cap, while the seated woman looks directly at the camera. | Chas Gerretsen
A group of children and a woman on a rooftop in a city, with mountains in the background. One girl is holding a large object in a basin, and others are standing or sitting nearby. | Chas Gerretsen
Group of children and a man standing in front of a small makeshift house, with some children sitting on the ground and a woman standing to the side. | Chas Gerretsen
Two women smiling and having fun, with the woman on top sticking out her tongue and the woman on the bottom smiling broadly. Chas Gerretsen
A smiling young man with dark skin and short hair, wearing a partially unbuttoned dress shirt and pants, standing outdoors in a neighborhood with hillside homes in the background and a pile of trash and debris nearby. | Chas Gerretsen
The different stages of wealth
Two young children standing outdoors, looking directly at the camera with serious expressions; a girl with curly hair and a boy with short, curly hair; in the background, there is a woman and makeshift housing structures. | Chas Gerretsen
A black and white photo of five children standing on a dirt street in a low-income neighborhood, with two of them looking towards the camera and three facing away. A dog is stepping down onto a concrete step near a wall on the right side. The background includes makeshift houses with wooden and brick walls, some laundry hanging.
People sitting and standing among piles of paper and discarded materials in a trash dump, with barrels and rocks in the background.
A young boy with curly hair in front of a scene filled with debris and destroyed metal structures, with mountains in the background.
A person walking through a landscape filled with trash, with a bulldozer in the background.
A young boy standing on a heap of trash, picking his nose in a landfill or dump site with a mountain in the background.
People herding cattle on a rocky hillside with a valley and small buildings in the background.
A vintage bus stopped at a busy street corner with people boarding or waiting to board, and storefronts visible on the sidewalk.
Fresh market
A young girl with curly hair behind metal bars, looking contemplative and resting her head on her hand.
A black and white photo of a fruit stand at a busy market, with a smiling vendor handing a basket of fruit to a customer, surrounded by various fruits and vendor signs.
A man working at a market stall handing a bag of items to a young girl, with other children nearby in a busy market setting.
University students
A group of young people in a park, with one person lying on the ground and another standing, while others sit nearby.
Students sitting at desks in a classroom listening to a teacher
A woman with glasses and a polka-dot headband writes in a notebook, with another person blurred in the background.
A classroom scene with students seated at desks, one girl in the foreground writing in a notebook, with other students in the background engaged in activities.