Phil Clarke-Hill: Lustrabotas

We all walk past people selling things on the street every day. It is really easy just to pass them by and continue on. Phil Clarke-Hill couldn’t just pass them along on his journey through Bolivia. For one, the street venders wear masks to hide their identity because the social stigma. He tells their story and the important role of street newspapers for the unemployeed through his new photo series Lustrabotas. The hard hitting photographs operate both as art and social commentary of its subjects. The Lustrabotas exhibition opens on October 3rd with a private opening at the Viewfinder Gallery in London.