Living on the Edge
 		Giovanni Porzio
 
 		
		 Giovanni Porzio took these photos while travelling in the countries described in his latest book "Un dollaro al giorno" (Edizioni Tropea, 2012), a passionate account that stretches across three continents and focuses on the plight of the forgotten millions who struggle to survive on the edge of the poverty line, sidelined and often crushed by the harsh imbalances of the global economy. 		
 	 
 
 	
   
		
		        
 
						  The saints are comin’
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Dancing may help
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Memorial
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Drug addict in rehabititation
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Hazara boy at Bamyan’s Buddha caves
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Mother and daughter begging in the Kabul bazaar
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Icrc hospital in Kabul
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Afghanistan's #1 export good
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Afghanistan, Herat prison
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  The rough national game
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Operation at the Emergency hospital in Kabul
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Sheep and goats herded along the road
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Digging for emeralds in the Chubak mountains
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Emerald mines, galleries cut deep inside the mountain
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Young boys working at the Emerald mines
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Ethiopia’s “green hunger”
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Rain: too little and too late
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Race against time
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  The face of hunger
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  MSF nurse measuring the height of a malnourished child
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Doctor checks the condition of a child
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Nothing to eat
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Roasting grain
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  When famine strikes
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  MSF feeding center, Oromiya
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Home
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Imam leads the prayer
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Refugees in the Gaza Strip
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Among the dead
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Doing homework in Gaza
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Home sweet home
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  The dead body of Khalil
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Down in the tunnels, Rafah
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Gaza City hospital
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Shati refugee camp
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Streets of Gaza
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  The border at Rafah
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Another lost child
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Street kids in Ciudad de Guatemala
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Civil war
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Drug use 
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Having a rest in the street
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Doña Laura in her shack
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Checkpoint in Ciudad de Guatemala
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Every scrap is worth something
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  The plastic warehouse
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  The garbage relleno in Ciudad de Guatemala
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  A baby in his suspended cradle
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Digging deeper
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Women on sale in India
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Making bricks
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  The hardest job
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Child labour in India
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Hospital pharmacy in Forbesganj, Bihar
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  The brothel owner
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Piece rate
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Harvest in Bihar
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Born into poverty
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Face down
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Ciudad Juárez detention center
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Brain damage
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Seclusion
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  The Rio Grande border at Ciudad Juárez
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Jesús, the barman at Club 15
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  The Santa Muerte chapel
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Fosa comun
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  The children's section at the San Rafael graveyard
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Burial grounds
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Murder scene
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Feeding line at the Sindh MSF field hospital
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  A malnourished child with his mother
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Surviving with nothing
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  IDP camp in Johi
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Water distribution
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Everything is lost
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Going home
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Lake Manchar
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  E-waste
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  E-waste
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  E-waste
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Last port of call
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Cutting in
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  The answer is the Koran
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Fisherman’s house
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Dying in his bed
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  A widespread habit
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Stealing to survive
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Makpandu refugee camp
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  On patrol with the Arrow Boys
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  The Arrow Boys
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Shelter in the church
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Giovanna Calabria, mother superior at the Catholic mission
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Nzara hospital, South Sudan
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Kala Azar epidemic
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Friday prayer at Malakal main mosque
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Raising the cross
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Sunday Mass at Malakal transit camp
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  War dance or peace dance?
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Dinka women celebrate “the long walk to freedom”
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Food distribution
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Critically ill girl 
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Ambisome
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Wounded soldier in the intensive care unit
 
			  
		   
		   
		
		        
 
						  Infected
 
			  
		   
		  	    
         
  		
   		 
   			Giovanni Porzio
   			Giovanni Porzio (www.giovanniporzio.it - @giovanniporzio) is a journalist, author and photographer. As special correspondent for the Italian weekly Panorama, he has covered a wide variety of international conflicts and travelled to over 120 countries. He has received several awards, including the “Max David Prize” for his reports on the Afghan war. He is the author of “Guida al Medio Oriente”, “Cory”, “Top secret”, “Inferno Somalia”, “Cuore nero”, “La guerra del Golfo”, “Cronache dalle terre di nessuno” and “Un dollaro al giorno”.