Viewfinder Photography Gallery
Peyton Place, SE10
020.8858.8351
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Phil Clarke-Hill, Bolivian shoeshine boys
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4 Oct 2008 – 2 Nov 2008
Mondays–Fridays (9am–5pm)
Saturdays–Sundays (noon–4pm)
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Tube: BR: Greenwich
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A walk through the streets of La Paz, Bolivia, reveals a staggering number of homeless shoe-shine boys wearing ski masks to protect their dignity. Photographer Phil Clarke-Hill spent time working for community newspaper Hormigón Armado ("Reinforced Concrete"), which operates similarly to The Big Issue — the boys sell copies to supplement their shoe-shine income. Clarke-Hill's portraits of lustrabotas at work are on display alongside copies of the paper in order to raise awareness of their plight.
