We live off the landfill: images from one of Latin America’s dirtiest slums, largest garbage dumps
The residents of the El Milagro slum, part of the city of Trujillo, Peru, have lived for years amidst the heavy smoke and nauseating stench of one of Latin America’s largest landfills.
Residents live next to and work inside El Milagro, one of Latin America's largest garbage dumps. As they watch conditions deteriorate, they fear things will only get worse. | Photo courtesy of Randy Reyes
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TRUJILLO, Peru ꟷ Today’s photo gallery comes from Randy Reyes Sánchez of Peru. It featuresphotos of the El Milagro dump, one of the largest garbage landfills in Latin America, and of Reynerio José Mendoza, one of the oldest members of the community that lives beside and scavenges in the landfill. Having worked in the area his entire life raising pigs to provide for his family, he watches the conditions worsen year by year.
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Randy Reyes Sánchez is a Peru-based photojournalist, focused on social issues and climate change, with studies in photojournalism, documentary photography and visual anthropology.
Randy Reyes Sánchez is a Peru-based photojournalist, focused on social issues and climate change, with studies in photojournalism, documentary photography and visual anthropology.