Alex Ng This photograph is simple and direct, yet it captures a way of life that is unimaginable to most people. Those living in affluent areas may not worry about food security, but the reality of poverty and hunger is a serious issue that demands attention. The image of a man competing with flies for scraps of food is absurd, yet it is happening right before our eyes. This is the true power of photojournalism.
Indifferent to an army enraged by the invasion of its territory already conquered and taken for granted, this man disputes scraps of food with the flies. It could be an apocalyptic scenery in which only insects and a few fortunate human beings would have survived, postponing every day their end to some future. But no. On the other side of the plain, cautiously far away from the pestilence of the toxic fumes rising from the burning garbage, there are people like him who live supposedly normal lives and who do not suspect that this kingdom of flies exists