Visualising the Poverty Line
By Jeffrey Hardy Quah
March 2012 FEATURE
What does it mean to be poor, really?That was the question photographer Stefen Chow asked when he started The Poverty Line. The undertaking is unusual for a photography project, because Chow isn’t looking for answers through moving portraits or barren landscapes. Instead he’s relying on cold, hard numbers. The Poverty Line strips away emotion in favour of a bare-bone analysis, distilling poverty to an issue of choice: What foods can the world’s poor afford to live on, day to day?Together...
Jeffrey Hardy Quah
is a freelance writer and editor.
