MANILA TROYLEY BOYS

I started this project in 2017 and photographed on the various trips to Manila and whenever I have opportunity the various areas of Metro Manila that still have this means of transportation. (troyley). Due to the growth of the city around the year 2012, certain areas are destroyed to give rise to new buildings and also by governmental actions, many of the "houses" along the railway have been destroyed. I estimate that in about 5 years this means of transportation has disappeared. Populated cities like Metro Manila, with a population of about 22 to 25 million people, become very difficult places to live. Due to small wages outside these large cities, much of the population comes to these cities in search of a better standard of living. What you will find is a huge "nightmare", and without the possibility of paying for a room to sleep, the alternative is to find a small place along the railroads and to build with remnants of "trash" their houses. In this way a local means of transport that leads people to their "houses" along the iron line was "idealized". These routes operate by zones, and the distances are never greater than about 500 to 100 meters.