You may know that we live in a world of stunning inequality. But do you know what that looks like?
Myles Little, an associate photo editor at Time (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/time-magazine/), has made it his mission to display those inequalities. Little's exhibition, called One Percent: Privilege in a Time of Global Inequality (http://www.onepercentshow.com/), juxtaposes photos depicting excessive wealth, like a butler serving champagne on the Maasai Mara, with scenes of abject poverty, such as a legless man cleaning the stars on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
Little told Slate that he encountered photography about unequal wealth distribution (http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2015/07/27/myles_little_s_1_percent_privilege_in_a_time_of_global_inequality_looks.html) through his work and wanted to showcase the “the ecosystem of privilege, from work to education to leisure.” He sourced the 30 images from modern documentary photographers.
On a Kickstarter page where Little is seeking to raise $29,500 to publish a photography book (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/myleslittle/1-privilege-in-a-time-of-global-inequality-a-photo), he lays out some of the harsh truths about inequality around the world. For example, he notes that Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim (http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/08/plutocrats-rise-new-global-super-rich-review) makes the equivalent of the annual wages of 400,000 Mexicans just off the interest from his fortune, that inequality in the U.S. is at a 100-year peak (https://hbr.org/2014/01/inequality-in-the-united-states-and-china/) and that 1 percent of the population is projected to own 50 percent of global wealth (http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2015/01/19/oxfams-whining-again-the-top-1-will-own-50-of-everything/)by 2016.
"One Percent" will debut in China in September, and is scheduled to travel through places like Nigeria, Guatemala, Dubai and Chicago during the fall and spring.
Take a look at the photos below for a preview, and ponder your place in the world.
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