"Social borders" in the cities of South Africa, Mexico, Tanzania, Kenya, India are not so visible in everyday reality, from the height of human growth, but become obvious from a bird's eye view: chaotic buildings, slums clustered on one side of the highway and orderly neighborhoods of "closed type", elite villages with golf courses - on the other.
Mexico City, Mexico. Photo: Johnny Miller
Mumbai, India. Photo: Johnny Miller
"Aerial photography allows you to look at modern cities from a new perspective. In some cases, neighborhoods were originally designed as reservations for different social groups, and sometimes the division arose spontaneously,” says Johnny Miller
Nairobi, Kenya. Photo: Johnny Miller
Johannesburg, South Africa. Photo: Johnny Miller
Prosperous areas are easily recognizable - they are characterized by an orderly plan, lush greenery, neat bright roofs, swimming pools and sports grounds. A slum is a cluster of tiny shacks or rusty hangars stuck together. The streets here are often not even paved, and there are no parks or squares anywhere near.
Nairobi, Kenya. Photo: Johnny Miller
Mexico City, Mexico. Photo: Johnny Miller
Johannesburg, South Africa. Photo: Johnny Miller
Work on the Unequal Scenes photo project began several years ago. Miller started in Johannesburg and Cape Town and planned to limit himself to South Africa, showing the world the "scars of apartheid". But then the photographer noticed that cities in India, Tanzania, Kenya and Mexico share a morphology with clear boundaries between settlements of poor and wealthy residents.
