Urban Ore
Photo Title
Urban Ore
Photographer/Creator
Louie Psihoyos
Collection
Publisher
National Geographic
Caption/Description
The Coptic Christians in Cairo have the hereditary rights to the cities waste and are considered the lowliest of class there. They get paid nothing for their work and earn only what they can scavenge, bones, metal, food scraps for animal feed and rags and paper.
Citation
Louie Psihoyos, "Urban Ore," in POYi Archive, Item #12024, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/12024 (accessed November 22, 2024).
Date Added
07.04.2008