Peter Bialobrzeski. Case Study Homes

An ironic take on the Case Study House Program German photographer Peter Bialobrzeski´s Case Study Homes was shot at the Baseco compound, a squatter camp near the Port of Manila, which is home to an estimated 70,000 people. As Bialobrzeski was considering the series -startling images of provisional structures fashioned from slats, cardboard, corrugated metal and other cast-off materials and refuse- Lehman Brothers Bank collapsed and the media declared a global economic crisis.

Conceived as a sketchbook for a larger project, the images evidence the human will to survive and a profound resourcefulness.