A man drinking in the 'Golden Dawn' diner and bar in Youngstown, a city in the 'Rust Belt' that was once a centre of steel production. The Golden Dawn was once one of many hangouts popular with workin...

A Lincoln Town Car parked on a muddy pathway between two houses.Hard.Landis a journey through rust belt and blue collar America to meet the people struggling to keep the 'American Dream' alive: middle...

A woman laying out teddy bears on a bed in her spare room in a house in the Beverly Hills neighbourhood of Kingston. Her children all live abroad, and her grandchildren are yet to visit her in Jamaica...

Rolando (11) and his mother Maria Arrojo selling candy floss (cotton candy) outside a primary school. Hard.Land is a journey through rust belt and blue collar America to meet the people struggling to...

A homeless man on Goldengate Street. Thousands of abandoned houses has been demolished the last few years, turning former busy streets into forests. Hard.Land is a journey through rust belt and blue...

Rose Thompson (25) in the garden with her pitbull dog outside the room she and her husband rent from her grandmother. Rose works at McDonald's and earns 8,36 USD an hour. 'I am not even close to be ab...

A man sits in a his car. Youngstown is in the Rust Belt and was a centre of steel production. It was forced to redefine itself when the U.S. steel industry fell into decline in the 1970s, leaving comm...

Charles Edward (42) who lives in a car in the Packard Automotive Plant in Detroit, an abandoned automobile manufacturing factory where luxury Packard cars were made by the Packard Motor Car Company an...

Christmas decorations and pictures of jazz greats in a bar. Hard.Land is a journey through rust belt and blue collar America to meet the people struggling to keep the 'American Dream' alive: middle cl...

A demonstration for higher minimum wages, termed the 'Fight for 15', in downtown Detroit. The Working Poor is a new term, and the salaries have been on a standstill since 1964. 'Fight for 15' demands...

Hymm books and a broken chair on the floor in one of several abandoned churches in the city centre. Numerous public buildings, churches, factories and shops have been closed down and left unguarded fo...

Youngstown is in the Rust Belt and was a centre of steel production. It was forced to redefine itself when the U.S. steel industry fell into decline in the 1970s, leaving communities throughout the re...

Local band 'Sam Goodwill' practices in the home of the lead singer. Youngstown is in the Rust Belt and was a centre of steel production. It was forced to redefine itself when the U.S. steel industry f...

Graffiti in the former Packard automobile plant. The factory produced vehicles from 1903 until it closed in 1958. The building complex, measuring 325,000 square metres, has been totally abandoned sinc...

A blackboard in an abandoned school in Detroit. Hard.Landis a journey through rust belt and blue collar America to meet the people struggling to keep the 'American Dream' alive: middle class people, t...

A family, who support the PiS government, at a rally on Independence Day which was attended by a mixed crowd of moderate right wing government supporters, as well as those with strong anti-European an...

An oil refinery next to the Rouge River. Hard.Landis a journey through rust belt and blue collar America to meet the people struggling to keep the 'American Dream' alive: middle class people, the unem...

A book lying on the ground in a demolished house. Its title page reads: 'You Can Live Forever on Paradise on Earth.' Hard.Landis a journey through rust belt and blue collar America to meet the people...

A wrecked classroom in St. Rita's Catholic Church school. Both the church and the school has been abandoned since 2010 and left to decay. Hard.Land is a journey through rust belt and blue collar Ameri...

Taxi driver Mohammed Khan works six days a week as a taxi driver in New York. Every shift is 12 hours and he earns, on average, 100 USD a day. Hard.Landis a journey through rust belt and blue collar A...

James London, AKA Big Jim, at home with one of his dogs. He started a neigbourhood watch in Youngstown after he moved there following a jail sentence for drug trafficking. 'This neighbourhood was a me...

24 year old 'JB' and his partner Deb smoke hashish in a once abandoned house. The building is the seventh Deb has bought at auction for 500 USD. She redecorates the houses back to a very basic standar...

John Bryant (35) and his wife Sarah in Delray beside the rail tracks. The area is cluttered with chemical factories and oil refineries. Bryant says: 'This area looks like a dump. People are dumping tr...

Jazz musicians play at Bert's Warehouse on the edge of downtown Detroit. Hard.Landis a journey through rust belt and blue collar America to meet the people struggling to keep the 'American Dream' ali...

The old Michigan Theatre, currently being used as a parking garage. Hard.Landis a journey through rust belt and blue collar America to meet the people struggling to keep the 'American Dream' alive: mi...

A couple on their way to a wedding reception in downtown Detroit. The city was the birthplace of the American middle class. With manufacturers such as Henry Ford and William Durant, Detroit experience...

An abandoned drive-in cinema. Hard.Landis a journey through rust belt and blue collar America to meet the people struggling to keep the 'American Dream' alive: middle class people, the unemployed, the...

John Bryant (35) walks through a rubbish strewn road in Delray beside the Rouge River. The area is cluttered with chemical factories and oil refineries. Bryant says: 'This area looks like a dump. Peop...

Firefighters of fire squad 4 fold the Stars and Stripes flag. The firefighters of Detroit are some of the busiest in the country. The Squad 4, a small station, experiences on average four to six fires...

Text books lie on the floor of the abandoned St Rita Catholic School/Church. The population of Detroit has fallen from a high of 1,850,000 in 1950 to 701,000 in 2013. Many of its flourishing neighbour...

A man sprays a bike frame at Detroit Bikes, a new business where they use steel from the US, and have hired local workers, several of whom used to work in the car industry. They are capable of produci...

Rob Bourin (42) in one of the 20 houses he owns in Detroit. In recent years he has bought repossessed homes (foreclosures), he redecorates them slightly and rents them out to people who can not afford...

The purpose-built sustainable living eco-quarter in the Vauban neighbourhood.

Ronnie Bowlson (58) lives with his brother next to the ruins of the former Packard Automotive Plant, once a factory where once luxury Packards were made by the Packard Motor Car Company and later by t...

A youth playing basketball shows his tattoos, including 'Self Made' on his hands. Youngstown is in the Rust Belt and was a centre of steel production. It was forced to redefine itself when the U.S. st...

James London, AKA Big Jim, with a friend, Ian. Together, they started a neigbourhood watch in Youngstown after Jim moved there following a jail sentence for drug trafficking. 'This neighbourhood was a...

A portrait of Rose Thompson (25) holding her daughter Alyah. Rose works at McDonald's and earns 8,36 USD an hour. 'I am not even close to be able to pay my bills, buy food and live a decent life. Peop...

John Weaver (28) an engineer at the High Steel Structures LLC factory in Williamsport. The plant has won several big contracts and is hiring workers. They are making steel bridges for highways and rai...

A middle class family takes selfie in the Grand Venice mall.

The inconpicuous newspaper offices of 'Yenni Hayatt' a Gulen backed newspaper in Yenni Bosna an area of Istanbul by Ataturk Airport.

24 year old Jacob Cohron outside the front door of the house he lives in on Goldengate Street. Hard.Land is a journey through rust belt and blue collar America to meet the people struggling to keep th...

Allan Hill in the Packard Automotive Plant, a former automobile manufacturing factory in Detroit, where luxury Packard cars were made by the Packard Motor Car Company and later by the Studebaker-Packa...

A sign by side of the road outside Detroit reads: 'Who is Jesus? 855-FOR-TRUTH'. Hard.Landis a journey through rust belt and blue collar America to meet the people struggling to keep the 'American Dre...

Pews in one of several abandoned churches in the city centre. Numerous public buildings, churches, factories and shops have been closed down and left unguarded for the metal scrappers to destroy them....

John Bryant (35) smokes while standing beside the Rouge River in Delray. The area is cluttered with chemical factories and oil refineries. Bryant says: 'This area looks like a dump. People are dumping...

The interior of Tom's Tavern. Hard.Land is a journey through rust belt and blue collar America to meet the people struggling to keep the 'American Dream' alive: middle class people, the unemployed, th...

Taxi driver Mohammed Khan works six days a week as a taxi driver in New York. Every shift is 12 hours and he earns, on average, 100 USD a day. Hard.Landis a journey through rust belt and blue collar A...

John Bryant (35) stands beside a huge television at his home in Delray. Hard.Landis a journey through rust belt and blue collar America to meet the people struggling to keep the 'American Dream' alive...

Young people socialising and working on laptops in Cafe Blue, an upmarket coffee and snack bar in uptown Kingston.

A road running through the Packard Automotive Plant, a former automobile-manufacturing factory where luxury Packard cars were made by the Packard Motor Car Company and later by the Studebaker-Packard...

A middle class family eats lunch together.

A woman in the sitting room of her house in the upmarket Beverly Hills neighbourhood of Kingston. A former stall holder in the city she made built a successful career importing clothes and other goods...

Peeling walls in one of several abandoned churches in the city centre. Numerous public buildings, churches, factories and shops have been closed down and left unguarded for the metal scrappers to dest...

The street outside the once famous Kronk Gym, now lined with rubbish. The training facility opened shortly after World War I and closed in 2006. Today it is a ruin. The Kronk Gym was run by legendary...

James London, AKA Big Jim, driving his buggy. He started a neigbourhood watch in Youngstown after he moved there following a jail sentence for drug trafficking. 'This neighbourhood was a mess. Drug de...

James London, AKA Big Jim, driving his buggy. He started a neigbourhood watch in Youngstown after he moved there following a jail sentence for drug trafficking. 'This neighbourhood was a mess. Drug de...

A table with assorted items belonging to Allan Hill stands in the abandoned Packard Automotive Plant, a former automobile manufacturing factory in Detroit, where luxury Packard cars were made by the P...

The street outside Rose Thompson's grandmother's house where she rents a room which she shares with her husband and daughter Alya. She works at McDonald's and earns 8,36 USD an hour. 'I am not even cl...

The interior of the once famous Kronk Gym in the basement of the oldest recreation centre in the city which opened shortly after World War I and closed in 2006. Today it is a ruin. The Kronk Gym was r...

Racegoers watch the race in he Royal Enclosure at Ascot racecourse. Royal Ascot is one of the world's most famous race meetings which dates back to 1711. In June each year, the Queen attends the meeti...

Rose Thompson (25 years old) gives her mother a big hug outside the house where the whole family lives. She lives with her child and husband in one room in the basement. Rose works at McDonald's and e...

Graffiti in the former Packard automobile plant. The factory produced vehicles from 1903 until it closed in 1958. The building complex, measuring 325,000 square metres, has been totally abandoned sinc...

Alan Hill with an old bicycle in the ruined interior of the former Packard Automotive Plant where he has been living for several years with no running water or electricity. He claims to be in charge o...

A band plays late into the night in a bar. Hard.Land is a journey through rust belt and blue collar America to meet the people struggling to keep the 'American Dream' alive: middle class people, the u...

Children have their faces painted for a performance at a church service. Hard.Landis a journey through rust belt and blue collar America to meet the people struggling to keep the 'American Dream' aliv...

A demonstration for higher minimum wages, termed the 'Fight for 15', in downtown Detroit. The Working Poor is a new term, and the salaries have been on a standstill since 1964. 'Fight for 15' demands...

Taxi driver Mohammed Khan works six days a week as a taxi driver in New York. Every shift is 12 hours and he earns, on average, 100 USD a day. Hard.Landis a journey through rust belt and blue collar A...

Workers at the High Steel Structures LLC factory in Williamsport. The plant has won several big contracts and is hiring workers. They are making steel bridges for highways and railroads all over USA a...

Twins three-year-olds Manuela and Mariana ride their scooters on a path in Peninsula, an exclusive planned community complex of high-end, high-rise condominiums. Breakneck development has brought pr...

Rose Thompson (25, second from left) demonstrates outside a McDonald's restaurant in Chicago with colleagues. McDonald’s workers in California, Michigan and New York have filed lawsuits against the...

Firefighters extinguish a house fire. With at least 70,000 abandoned buildings and 31,000 empty houses fires occurs several times every night. Hard.Land is a journey through rust belt and blue collar...

Middle class young professionals socialise in a cafe.

James London, AKA Big Jim, at home with one of his dogs. He started a neigbourhood watch in Youngstown after he moved there following a jail sentence for drug trafficking. 'This neighbourhood was a me...

Middle class young professionals socialise in a cafe.

Allan Hill guarding the Packard Automotive Plant with a machete and his two dogs. Alan has been living in the ruin for several years, with no running water or electricity. He claims to be in charge of...

A young couple together in Oukaimeden, a ski resort close to Marrakech which is popular with middle class visitors from Marrakech. While many of them won't do any skiing, a chair lift ride to the reso...

Rebels firing machine guns in the Abu Salim neighbourhood of Tripoli with loyalist elements of the Gaddafi regime returning fire.

'Mar', who lives together with several other youths in a abandoned factory building in Detroit. They have created a collective and they work every day redecorating the dilapidated building. Hard.Land...

Allan Hill looks through a gap in a gate at the Packard Automotive Plant, a former automobile manufacturing factory in Detroit, where luxury Packard cars were made by the Packard Motor Car Company and...

The drummer for local band 'Sam Goodwill' practices in the home of the lead singer. Youngstown is in the Rust Belt and was a centre of steel production. It was forced to redefine itself when the U.S....

Ronnie Bowlson (58) pushes a scavenged barrel past the ruins of the former Packard Automotive Plant, once a factory where once luxury Packards were made by the Packard Motor Car Company and later by t...

Sergio Lago uses salt in the drains to combat mosquitos breeding in his yard, in an upper middle class neighbourhood of City Ribeirao.

Two middle class businessmen stand in front of their office building in the Plateau quarter of Abidjan.

A family goes for a walk along the seashore in Abidjan with a freight ship visible in the distance.

Etienne, a swimming teacher, in the shower of the swimming pool at the University of Abidjan.

A small television stands on a table in a working class apartment in the port of Abidjan.

Kady sits in the internet cafe she started in Abidjan after it has closed in the evening.

Ms Coulibaly poses in her apartment with her only son. She comes from a farming family near Yamoussoukro. Her diploma allowed her to find a job in a telephone company and improve her standard of livin...

People swim and relax at the beach in Abidjan.

A middle class woman stands on the roof of her family home, speaking on the phone.