New construction in old east Austin brings progress and also prices out long time homeowners through raising taxes to unaffordable levels. Interesting mix of old and new but the people buying out and buying up properties care not for the concerns of the long time residents. Try and photograph the inherent dichotomies of the inevitable "progress"...through people, buildings, structure. Survival in the face of progress, in spite of progress or the realtiy of being bought out cheap and forced out.
In neighborhoods where less taxes are paid often street maintenance and median maintenace is much less prolific than in "desireable neighborhoods" and sometimes shunned altogether. Photographs showing this lack of care for these lower tax braket neighborhoods like the one I live and pay taxes in. A great wealth disparity between and even in the same zipcodes. Homelss people living in proximity to multi million dollar properties. Wealth disparity in america, is social commentary avoidable?
Take my camera to work to photograph mass shipping industry and the odd hours some people keep in order to provide for their families. Inside look at what is common to me but not to many...I think.
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