http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/?c=feeds:search&search_id=14365&ftype=rss&order=insert_date&orderdir=desc The Latestest from Peter Menzel Photography - Search - maincategory: Material World - (Total number of items 559) Theaddedones Item Engine en-us http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10841/ Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:55:43 -0700 http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10841/ Saf.mw.701.xs Soweto, South Africa. ANC (African National Congress) rally to commemorate the Sharpville massacre on its anniversary. On 21 March 1960 at least 180 black Africans were injured (there are claims that as many as 300 were injured) and 69 killed when South African police opened fire on approximately 300 demonstrators, who were protesting against the pass laws, at the township of Sharpeville, near Vereeniging in the Transvaal. The Sharpeville Massacre, as the event has become known, signaled the start of armed resistance in South Africa, and prompted worldwide condemnation of South Africa's Apartheid policies. {{From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}} http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10841_150_0.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10841_800_0.jpg <table width="100%" class="tileitemrow"> <tr> <td width="150" valign="top"><a href="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10841/"><img src="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10841/150/0/" border="0"/></a></td><td valign="top"><strong>Saf_mw_701_xs.jpg</strong> - ID: 10841<br /><strong>created: </strong>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:16:05 -0700<br />Saf.mw.701.xs Soweto, South Africa. ANC (African National Congress) rally to commemorate the Sharpville massacre on its anniversary. On 21 March 1960 at least 180 black Africans were injured (there are claims that as many as 300 were injured) and 69 killed when South African police opened fire on approximately 300 demonstrators, who were protesting against the pass laws, at the township of Sharpeville, near Vereeniging in the Transvaal. The Sharpeville Massacre, as the event has become known, signaled the start of armed resistance in South Africa, and prompted worldwide condemnation of South Africa's Apartheid policies. {{From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}}<br /><strong>copyright: </strong>1994 Peter Menzel www.menzelphoto.com Material World<br /><strong>source: </strong>adobe:docid:photoshop:31b01196-55fe-11da-acce-8a1f6101387f</td></tr></table> Saf_mw_701_xs.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10840/ Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:55:24 -0700 http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10840/ Saf.mw.12.xsOrlando Soccer Stadium fans during a Pirates vs. Durban game. Like many soccer stadiums around the world, the playing field is securely fenced to protect the team from the fans. Soweto, South Africa. {{From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}} http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10840_150_0.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10840_800_0.jpg <table width="100%" class="tileitemrow"> <tr> <td width="150" valign="top"><a href="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10840/"><img src="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10840/150/0/" border="0"/></a></td><td valign="top"><strong>Saf_mw_12_xs.jpg</strong> - ID: 10840<br /><strong>created: </strong>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:14:27 -0700<br />Saf.mw.12.xsOrlando Soccer Stadium fans during a Pirates vs. Durban game. Like many soccer stadiums around the world, the playing field is securely fenced to protect the team from the fans. Soweto, South Africa. {{From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}}<br /><strong>copyright: </strong>1994 Peter Menzel www.menzelphoto.com Material World<br /><strong>source: </strong>adobe:docid:photoshop:b1d46487-55fa-11da-acce-8a1f6101387f</td></tr></table> Saf_mw_12_xs.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10839/ Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:55:04 -0700 http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10839/ Saf.mw.20.xsPoppy Qampie irons Simon’s shirt in the kitchen of their Soweto home before she leaves for work as her mother, Leah, looks on.The Qampie family lives in a 400 square foot concrete block duplex house in the sprawling area of Southwest Township (called Soweto), outside Johannesburg (Joberg), South Africa. Work. {{Poppy works for a jobs training company in downtown Joberg. Simon doesn’t have steady work but picks up odd jobs here and there as he can. They don’t feel safe in their neighborhood and try to have everyone home behind locked doors and windows before nightfall to guard against violence. Family members are: Simon Qampie (48, father); Poppy Nosizwe Qampie (36, mother); Pearl Qampie (14 daughter); Irene Qampie (11, daughter); George (4, son); Mateo (2, son); Leah Nosizwe (64, Poppy’s mother); Anna (18, Poppy’s sister). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}} http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10839_150_0.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10839_800_0.jpg <table width="100%" class="tileitemrow"> <tr> <td width="150" valign="top"><a href="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10839/"><img src="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10839/150/0/" border="0"/></a></td><td valign="top"><strong>Saf_mw_20_xs.jpg</strong> - ID: 10839<br /><strong>created: </strong>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:15:10 -0700<br />Saf.mw.20.xsPoppy Qampie irons Simon’s shirt in the kitchen of their Soweto home before she leaves for work as her mother, Leah, looks on.The Qampie family lives in a 400 square foot concrete block duplex house in the sprawling area of Southwest Township (called Soweto), outside Johannesburg (Joberg), South Africa. Work. {{Poppy works for a jobs training company in downtown Joberg. Simon doesn’t have steady work but picks up odd jobs here and there as he can. They don’t feel safe in their neighborhood and try to have everyone home behind locked doors and windows before nightfall to guard against violence. Family members are: Simon Qampie (48, father); Poppy Nosizwe Qampie (36, mother); Pearl Qampie (14 daughter); Irene Qampie (11, daughter); George (4, son); Mateo (2, son); Leah Nosizwe (64, Poppy’s mother); Anna (18, Poppy’s sister). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}}<br /><strong>copyright: </strong>1994 Peter Menzel www.menzelphoto.com Material World<br /><strong>source: </strong>adobe:docid:photoshop:d98df173-55fc-11da-acce-8a1f6101387f</td></tr></table> Saf_mw_20_xs.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10838/ Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:54:45 -0700 http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10838/ Saf.mw.702.xs Roadside advertisement for Rama butter spread on an overpass at the minibus station in Soweto, South Africa. {{From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}} http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10838_150_0.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10838_800_0.jpg <table width="100%" class="tileitemrow"> <tr> <td width="150" valign="top"><a href="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10838/"><img src="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10838/150/0/" border="0"/></a></td><td valign="top"><strong>Saf_mw_702_xs.jpg</strong> - ID: 10838<br /><strong>created: </strong>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:16:12 -0700<br />Saf.mw.702.xs Roadside advertisement for Rama butter spread on an overpass at the minibus station in Soweto, South Africa. {{From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}}<br /><strong>copyright: </strong>1994 Peter Menzel www.menzelphoto.com Material World<br /><strong>source: </strong>adobe:docid:photoshop:f57db02e-5617-11da-be26-dddbd0187391</td></tr></table> Saf_mw_702_xs.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10837/ Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:54:25 -0700 http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10837/ Saf.mw.711.xsThe Samuel Msomi family in Soweto, South Africa with all their possessions in the back yard of their house. This family was not chosen for the Material World book, but they are, like the Qampie family in the book, statistically average for South Africa. {{From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}} http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10837_150_0.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10837_800_0.jpg <table width="100%" class="tileitemrow"> <tr> <td width="150" valign="top"><a href="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10837/"><img src="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10837/150/0/" border="0"/></a></td><td valign="top"><strong>Saf_mw_711_xs.jpg</strong> - ID: 10837<br /><strong>created: </strong>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:17:08 -0700<br />Saf.mw.711.xsThe Samuel Msomi family in Soweto, South Africa with all their possessions in the back yard of their house. This family was not chosen for the Material World book, but they are, like the Qampie family in the book, statistically average for South Africa. {{From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}}<br /><strong>copyright: </strong>1994 Peter Menzel www.menzelphoto.com Material World<br /><strong>source: </strong>adobe:docid:photoshop:4da68185-566e-11da-af67-cc37047f86ae</td></tr></table> Saf_mw_711_xs.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10836/ Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:54:06 -0700 http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10836/ Saf.mw.17.xs Getting to work is a scary daily business for Simon and Poppy Qampie, because the train that picks them up at the Phomolong station in Soweto, South Africa, is often boarded by machete and gun wielding thugs.{{The Qampie family lives in a 400 square foot concrete block duplex house in the sprawling area of Southwest Township (called Soweto), outside Johannesburg (Joberg) South Africa. Poppy works for a jobs training company in downtown Joberg. Simon doesn’t have steady work but picks up odd jobs here and there as he can. They don’t feel safe in their neighborhood and try to have everyone home behind locked doors and windows before nightfall to guard against violence. Family members are: Simon Qampie (48, father); Poppy Nosizwe Qampie (36, mother); Pearl Qampie (14 daughter); Irene Qampie (11, daughter); George (4, son); Mateo (2, son); Leah Nosizwe (64, Poppy’s mother); Anna (18, Poppy’s sister). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countr... http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10836_150_0.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10836_800_0.jpg <table width="100%" class="tileitemrow"> <tr> <td width="150" valign="top"><a href="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10836/"><img src="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10836/150/0/" border="0"/></a></td><td valign="top"><strong>Saf_mw_17_xs.jpg</strong> - ID: 10836<br /><strong>created: </strong>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:14:58 -0700<br />Saf.mw.17.xs Getting to work is a scary daily business for Simon and Poppy Qampie, because the train that picks them up at the Phomolong station in Soweto, South Africa, is often boarded by machete and gun wielding thugs.{{The Qampie family lives in a 400 square foot concrete block duplex house in the sprawling area of Southwest Township (called Soweto), outside Johannesburg (Joberg) South Africa. Poppy works for a jobs training company in downtown Joberg. Simon doesn’t have steady work but picks up odd jobs here and there as he can. They don’t feel safe in their neighborhood and try to have everyone home behind locked doors and windows before nightfall to guard against violence. Family members are: Simon Qampie (48, father); Poppy Nosizwe Qampie (36, mother); Pearl Qampie (14 daughter); Irene Qampie (11, daughter); George (4, son); Mateo (2, son); Leah Nosizwe (64, Poppy’s mother); Anna (18, Poppy’s sister). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}}<br /><strong>copyright: </strong>1994 Peter Menzel www.menzelphoto.com Material World<br /><strong>source: </strong>adobe:docid:photoshop:f9a7bb88-55fb-11da-acce-8a1f6101387f</td></tr></table> Saf_mw_17_xs.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10835/ Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:53:46 -0700 http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10835/ Saf.mw.21.xs Regina Mundi Catholic Church Service, Soweto, South Africa. This church is the largest church in Soweto (South West Township, outside Johannesburg). {{From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}} http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10835_150_0.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10835_800_0.jpg <table width="100%" class="tileitemrow"> <tr> <td width="150" valign="top"><a href="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10835/"><img src="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10835/150/0/" border="0"/></a></td><td valign="top"><strong>Saf_mw_21_xs.jpg</strong> - ID: 10835<br /><strong>created: </strong>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:15:16 -0700<br />Saf.mw.21.xs Regina Mundi Catholic Church Service, Soweto, South Africa. This church is the largest church in Soweto (South West Township, outside Johannesburg). {{From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}}<br /><strong>copyright: </strong>1994 Peter Menzel www.menzelphoto.com Material World<br /><strong>source: </strong>adobe:docid:photoshop:d98df177-55fc-11da-acce-8a1f6101387f</td></tr></table> Saf_mw_21_xs.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10834/ Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:53:26 -0700 http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10834/ Saf.mw.4.xxs Children at the neighborhood daycare in Soweto, South Africa with traces of breakfast on their faces—pap (corn meal mixed with water). Published in Material World, page 24. This is the daycare center where Simon’s son George and nephew Mateo attend while their parents are at work. (see also image SAF.MW.15.01.xs) Child, Childcare, Food. {{The Qampie family lives in a 400 square foot concrete block duplex house in the sprawling area of Southwest Township (called Soweto), outside Johannesburg (Joberg) South Africa. Poppy works for a jobs training company in downtown Joberg. Simon doesn’t have steady work but picks up odd jobs here and there as he can. They don’t feel safe in their neighborhood and try to have everyone home behind locked doors and windows before nightfall to guard against violence. Family members are: Simon Qampie (48, father); Poppy Nosizwe Qampie (36, mother); Pearl Qampie (14 daughter); Irene Qampie (11, daughter); George (4, son); Mateo (2, son); Leah Nosizwe (64, Poppy’s mother... http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10834_150_0.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10834_800_0.jpg <table width="100%" class="tileitemrow"> <tr> <td width="150" valign="top"><a href="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10834/"><img src="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10834/150/0/" border="0"/></a></td><td valign="top"><strong>Saf_mw_4_xxs.jpg</strong> - ID: 10834<br /><strong>created: </strong>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:15:39 -0700<br />Saf.mw.4.xxs Children at the neighborhood daycare in Soweto, South Africa with traces of breakfast on their faces—pap (corn meal mixed with water). Published in Material World, page 24. This is the daycare center where Simon’s son George and nephew Mateo attend while their parents are at work. (see also image SAF.MW.15.01.xs) Child, Childcare, Food. {{The Qampie family lives in a 400 square foot concrete block duplex house in the sprawling area of Southwest Township (called Soweto), outside Johannesburg (Joberg) South Africa. Poppy works for a jobs training company in downtown Joberg. Simon doesn’t have steady work but picks up odd jobs here and there as he can. They don’t feel safe in their neighborhood and try to have everyone home behind locked doors and windows before nightfall to guard against violence. Family members are: Simon Qampie (48, father); Poppy Nosizwe Qampie (36, mother); Pearl Qampie (14 daughter); Irene Qampie (11, daughter); George (4, son); Mateo (2, son); Leah Nosizwe (64, Poppy’s mother); Anna (18, Poppy’s sister). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}}<br /><strong>copyright: </strong>1994 Peter Menzel www.menzelphoto.com Material World<br /><strong>source: </strong>adobe:docid:photoshop:f57db026-5617-11da-be26-dddbd0187391</td></tr></table> Saf_mw_4_xxs.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10833/ Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:53:07 -0700 http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10833/ Saf.mw.710.xs Regina Mundi Catholic Church Service. Soweto, South Africa (Southwest Township is called Soweto, and is located outside Johannesburg, South Africa). {{From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}} http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10833_150_0.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10833_800_0.jpg <table width="100%" class="tileitemrow"> <tr> <td width="150" valign="top"><a href="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10833/"><img src="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10833/150/0/" border="0"/></a></td><td valign="top"><strong>Saf_mw_710_xs.jpg</strong> - ID: 10833<br /><strong>created: </strong>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:17:02 -0700<br />Saf.mw.710.xs Regina Mundi Catholic Church Service. Soweto, South Africa (Southwest Township is called Soweto, and is located outside Johannesburg, South Africa). {{From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}}<br /><strong>copyright: </strong>1994 Peter Menzel www.menzelphoto.com Material World<br /><strong>source: </strong>adobe:docid:photoshop:1b232e08-55c3-11da-9004-ab428b35e12f</td></tr></table> Saf_mw_710_xs.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10832/ Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:52:47 -0700 http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10832/ Saf.mw.15.xs Children at the neighborhood daycare in Soweto, South Africa eat a breakfast, and a lunch, of hot pap porridge—corn meal mixed with water. This is the daycare center where Simon’s son George and nephew Mateo attend while their parents are at work. The Qampie family lives in a 400 square foot concrete block duplex house in the sprawling area of Southwest Township (called Soweto), outside Johannesburg (Joberg) South Africa. Child, Childcare, Food. {{Poppy works for a jobs training company in downtown Joberg. Simon doesn’t have steady work but picks up odd jobs here and there as he can. They don’t feel safe in their neighborhood and try to have everyone home behind locked doors and windows before nightfall to guard against violence. Family members are: Simon Qampie (48, father); Poppy Nosizwe Qampie (36, mother); Pearl Qampie (14 daughter); Irene Qampie (11, daughter); George (4, son); Mateo (2, son); Leah Nosizwe (64, Poppy’s mother); Anna (18, Poppy’s sister). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Pr... http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10832_150_0.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10832_800_0.jpg <table width="100%" class="tileitemrow"> <tr> <td width="150" valign="top"><a href="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10832/"><img src="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10832/150/0/" border="0"/></a></td><td valign="top"><strong>Saf_mw_15_xs.jpg</strong> - ID: 10832<br /><strong>created: </strong>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:14:46 -0700<br />Saf.mw.15.xs Children at the neighborhood daycare in Soweto, South Africa eat a breakfast, and a lunch, of hot pap porridge—corn meal mixed with water. This is the daycare center where Simon’s son George and nephew Mateo attend while their parents are at work. The Qampie family lives in a 400 square foot concrete block duplex house in the sprawling area of Southwest Township (called Soweto), outside Johannesburg (Joberg) South Africa. Child, Childcare, Food. {{Poppy works for a jobs training company in downtown Joberg. Simon doesn’t have steady work but picks up odd jobs here and there as he can. They don’t feel safe in their neighborhood and try to have everyone home behind locked doors and windows before nightfall to guard against violence. Family members are: Simon Qampie (48, father); Poppy Nosizwe Qampie (36, mother); Pearl Qampie (14 daughter); Irene Qampie (11, daughter); George (4, son); Mateo (2, son); Leah Nosizwe (64, Poppy’s mother); Anna (18, Poppy’s sister). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}}<br /><strong>copyright: </strong>1994 Peter Menzel www.menzelphoto.com Material World<br /><strong>source: </strong>adobe:docid:photoshop:54a25835-55fb-11da-acce-8a1f6101387f</td></tr></table> Saf_mw_15_xs.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10831/ Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:52:28 -0700 http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10831/ Saf.mw.7.xxsA group of children on the street play checkers with beer bottle caps on a homemade checkerboard in Soweto, South Africa. (Soweto is the nickname of Southwest Township, a sprawling lawless community outside Johannesburg. Published in Material World on page 26. South Africa. Child, Games. {{From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}} http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10831_150_0.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10831_800_0.jpg <table width="100%" class="tileitemrow"> <tr> <td width="150" valign="top"><a href="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10831/"><img src="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10831/150/0/" border="0"/></a></td><td valign="top"><strong>Saf_mw_7_xxs.jpg</strong> - ID: 10831<br /><strong>created: </strong>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:17:20 -0700<br />Saf.mw.7.xxsA group of children on the street play checkers with beer bottle caps on a homemade checkerboard in Soweto, South Africa. (Soweto is the nickname of Southwest Township, a sprawling lawless community outside Johannesburg. Published in Material World on page 26. South Africa. Child, Games. {{From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}}<br /><strong>copyright: </strong>1994 Peter Menzel www.menzelphoto.com Material World<br /><strong>source: </strong>adobe:docid:photoshop:c57e6022-56b6-11da-a01e-d40c27b523e6</td></tr></table> Saf_mw_7_xxs.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10830/ Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:52:10 -0700 http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10830/ Saf.mw.10.nxxsSimon Qampie cuts the grass around his family’s tiny house in the sprawling area of Southwest Township (called Soweto), outside Johannesburg (Joberg), South Africa. Published in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, pages 22-23. Work. {{From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions. NonADNET}} http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10830_150_0.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10830_800_0.jpg <table width="100%" class="tileitemrow"> <tr> <td width="150" valign="top"><a href="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10830/"><img src="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10830/150/0/" border="0"/></a></td><td valign="top"><strong>Saf_mw_10_nxxs.jpg</strong> - ID: 10830<br /><strong>created: </strong>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:14:21 -0700<br />Saf.mw.10.nxxsSimon Qampie cuts the grass around his family’s tiny house in the sprawling area of Southwest Township (called Soweto), outside Johannesburg (Joberg), South Africa. Published in Material World: A Global Family Portrait, pages 22-23. Work. {{From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions. NonADNET}}<br /><strong>copyright: </strong>1994 Peter Menzel www.menzelphoto.com Material World<br /><strong>source: </strong>Nikon scan</td></tr></table> Saf_mw_10_nxxs.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10829/ Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:51:51 -0700 http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10829/ SAF.MW.801.xs TIFThe Qampie children and a few of their friends play ‘ring around the rosie” on a Sunday afternoon in front of their house in Soweto, South Africa. The Qampie family lives in a 400 square foot concrete block duplex house in the sprawling area of Southwest Township (called Soweto), outside Johannesburg (Joberg) South Africa. Child, Games. {{Poppy works for a jobs training company in downtown Joberg. Simon doesn’t have steady work but picks up odd jobs here and there as he can. They don’t feel safe in their neighborhood and try to have everyone home behind locked doors and windows before nightfall to guard against violence. Family members are: Simon Qampie (48, father); Poppy Nosizwe Qampie (36, mother); Pearl Qampie (14 daughter); Irene Qampie (11, daughter); George (4, son); Mateo (2, son); Leah Nosizwe (64, Poppy’s mother); Anna (18, Poppy’s sister). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}} http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10829_150_0.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10829_800_0.jpg <table width="100%" class="tileitemrow"> <tr> <td width="150" valign="top"><a href="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10829/"><img src="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10829/150/0/" border="0"/></a></td><td valign="top"><strong>SAF_MW_801_xs.jpg</strong> - ID: 10829<br /><strong>created: </strong>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:17:32 -0700<br />SAF.MW.801.xs TIFThe Qampie children and a few of their friends play ‘ring around the rosie” on a Sunday afternoon in front of their house in Soweto, South Africa. The Qampie family lives in a 400 square foot concrete block duplex house in the sprawling area of Southwest Township (called Soweto), outside Johannesburg (Joberg) South Africa. Child, Games. {{Poppy works for a jobs training company in downtown Joberg. Simon doesn’t have steady work but picks up odd jobs here and there as he can. They don’t feel safe in their neighborhood and try to have everyone home behind locked doors and windows before nightfall to guard against violence. Family members are: Simon Qampie (48, father); Poppy Nosizwe Qampie (36, mother); Pearl Qampie (14 daughter); Irene Qampie (11, daughter); George (4, son); Mateo (2, son); Leah Nosizwe (64, Poppy’s mother); Anna (18, Poppy’s sister). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}}<br /><strong>copyright: </strong>1994 Peter Menzel www.menzelphoto.com Material World<br /><strong>source: </strong>adobe:docid:photoshop:4ed19d34-7d1b-11da-9b54-b240a621d9c5</td></tr></table> SAF_MW_801_xs.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10828/ Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:51:30 -0700 http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10828/ Saf.mw.2.xxsGetting to work can be a frightening for Poppy Qampie and her husband Simon. The trains that come into Phomolong station in Soweto are often boarded by machete and gun wielding thugs. The danger posed by robbers is so great that sometimes Poppy opts for a minibus ride instead; although that too has become a dangerous form of transportation in recent years. Published in Material World pages 24 & 25.{{The Qampie family lives in a 400 square foot concrete block duplex house in the sprawling area of Southwest Township (called Soweto), outside Johannesburg (Joberg) South Africa. Poppy works for a jobs training company in downtown Joberg. Simon doesn’t have steady work but picks up odd jobs here and there as he can. They don’t feel safe in their neighborhood and try to have everyone home behind locked doors and windows before nightfall to guard against violence. Family members are: Simon Qampie (48, father); Poppy Nosizwe Qampie (36, mother); Pearl Qampie (14 daughter); Irene Qampie (11, daughter); Geor... http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10828_150_0.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10828_800_0.jpg <table width="100%" class="tileitemrow"> <tr> <td width="150" valign="top"><a href="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10828/"><img src="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10828/150/0/" border="0"/></a></td><td valign="top"><strong>Saf_mw_2_xxs.jpg</strong> - ID: 10828<br /><strong>created: </strong>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:15:26 -0700<br />Saf.mw.2.xxsGetting to work can be a frightening for Poppy Qampie and her husband Simon. The trains that come into Phomolong station in Soweto are often boarded by machete and gun wielding thugs. The danger posed by robbers is so great that sometimes Poppy opts for a minibus ride instead; although that too has become a dangerous form of transportation in recent years. Published in Material World pages 24 & 25.{{The Qampie family lives in a 400 square foot concrete block duplex house in the sprawling area of Southwest Township (called Soweto), outside Johannesburg (Joberg) South Africa. Poppy works for a jobs training company in downtown Joberg. Simon doesn’t have steady work but picks up odd jobs here and there as he can. They don’t feel safe in their neighborhood and try to have everyone home behind locked doors and windows before nightfall to guard against violence. Family members are: Simon Qampie (48, father); Poppy Nosizwe Qampie (36, mother); Pearl Qampie (14 daughter); Irene Qampie (11, daughter); George (4, son); Mateo (2, son); Leah Nosizwe (64, Poppy’s mother); Anna (18, Poppy’s sister). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}}<br /><strong>copyright: </strong>1994 Peter Menzel www.menzelphoto.com Material World<br /><strong>source: </strong>adobe:docid:photoshop:d98df16f-55fc-11da-acce-8a1f6101387f</td></tr></table> Saf_mw_2_xxs.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10827/ Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:51:11 -0700 http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10827/ Saf.mw.8.xxs The bells of Regina Mundi Church ring out, calling the faithful to Soweto's largest Roman Catholic Church for Sunday service, where they receive communion. Published in Material World on page 26. South Africa {{From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}} http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10827_150_0.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10827_800_0.jpg <table width="100%" class="tileitemrow"> <tr> <td width="150" valign="top"><a href="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10827/"><img src="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10827/150/0/" border="0"/></a></td><td valign="top"><strong>Saf_mw_8_xxs.jpg</strong> - ID: 10827<br /><strong>created: </strong>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:17:38 -0700<br />Saf.mw.8.xxs The bells of Regina Mundi Church ring out, calling the faithful to Soweto's largest Roman Catholic Church for Sunday service, where they receive communion. Published in Material World on page 26. South Africa {{From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}}<br /><strong>copyright: </strong>1994 Peter Menzel www.menzelphoto.com Material World<br /><strong>source: </strong>adobe:docid:photoshop:4da68189-566e-11da-af67-cc37047f86ae</td></tr></table> Saf_mw_8_xxs.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10826/ Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:50:52 -0700 http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10826/ Saf.mw.700.xs Downtown Johannesburg, South Africa at dusk. {{From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}} http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10826_150_0.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10826_800_0.jpg <table width="100%" class="tileitemrow"> <tr> <td width="150" valign="top"><a href="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10826/"><img src="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10826/150/0/" border="0"/></a></td><td valign="top"><strong>Saf_mw_700_xs.jpg</strong> - ID: 10826<br /><strong>created: </strong>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:15:59 -0700<br />Saf.mw.700.xs Downtown Johannesburg, South Africa at dusk. {{From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}}<br /><strong>copyright: </strong>1994 Peter Menzel www.menzelphoto.com Material World<br /><strong>source: </strong>adobe:docid:photoshop:31b01192-55fe-11da-acce-8a1f6101387f</td></tr></table> Saf_mw_700_xs.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10825/ Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:50:32 -0700 http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10825/ Saf.mw.01a.xxs The Qampie Family, March 15th, 1993, in front of their home with all of their possessions, Soweto, South Africa. Published on pages 22-23 of Material World: A Global Family Portrait. The Qampie family lives in a 400 square foot concrete block duplex house in the sprawling area of Southwest Township (called Soweto), outside Johannesburg (Joberg) South Africa. From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions. {{Poppy works for a jobs training company in downtown Joberg. Simon doesn’t have steady work but picks up odd jobs here and there as he can. They don’t feel safe in their neighborhood and try to have everyone home behind locked doors and windows before nightfall to guard against violence. Family members are: Simon Qampie (48, father); Poppy Nosizwe Qampie (36, mother); Pearl Qampie (14 daughter); Irene Qampie (11, daughter); George (4, son); Mateo (2, son); Leah Nosizwe (64, Poppy’s mother); Anna (18, Poppy’s ... http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10825_150_0.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10825_800_0.jpg <table width="100%" class="tileitemrow"> <tr> <td width="150" valign="top"><a href="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10825/"><img src="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10825/150/0/" border="0"/></a></td><td valign="top"><strong>Saf_mw_01a_xxs.jpg</strong> - ID: 10825<br /><strong>created: </strong>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:14:11 -0700<br />Saf.mw.01a.xxs The Qampie Family, March 15th, 1993, in front of their home with all of their possessions, Soweto, South Africa. Published on pages 22-23 of Material World: A Global Family Portrait. The Qampie family lives in a 400 square foot concrete block duplex house in the sprawling area of Southwest Township (called Soweto), outside Johannesburg (Joberg) South Africa. From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions. {{Poppy works for a jobs training company in downtown Joberg. Simon doesn’t have steady work but picks up odd jobs here and there as he can. They don’t feel safe in their neighborhood and try to have everyone home behind locked doors and windows before nightfall to guard against violence. Family members are: Simon Qampie (48, father); Poppy Nosizwe Qampie (36, mother); Pearl Qampie (14 daughter); Irene Qampie (11, daughter); George (4, son); Mateo (2, son); Leah Nosizwe (64, Poppy’s mother); Anna (18, Poppy’s sister).}} <br /><strong>copyright: </strong>1994 Peter Menzel www.menzelphoto.com Material World<br /><strong>source: </strong>H.B. Stubbs drum scan for GM exh</td></tr></table> Saf_mw_01a_xxs.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10824/ Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:50:14 -0700 http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10824/ Saf.mw.5.xxs Downtown Johannesburg, South Africa at dusk. Architecture. Published in Material World page 25. {{From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}} http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10824_150_0.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10824_800_0.jpg <table width="100%" class="tileitemrow"> <tr> <td width="150" valign="top"><a href="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10824/"><img src="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10824/150/0/" border="0"/></a></td><td valign="top"><strong>Saf_mw_5_xxs.jpg</strong> - ID: 10824<br /><strong>created: </strong>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:15:46 -0700<br />Saf.mw.5.xxs Downtown Johannesburg, South Africa at dusk. Architecture. Published in Material World page 25. {{From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}}<br /><strong>copyright: </strong>1994 Peter Menzel www.menzelphoto.com Material World<br /><strong>source: </strong>adobe:docid:photoshop:f57db02a-5617-11da-be26-dddbd0187391</td></tr></table> Saf_mw_5_xxs.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10823/ Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:49:55 -0700 http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10823/ Saf.mw.6.xxs Poppy and Simon Qampie’s main purchase at a supermarket is always corn meal, which they mix with water to form what is known as pap—hot cornmeal porridge. Published in Material World page 25.The Qampie family lives in a 400 square foot concrete block duplex house in the sprawling area of Southwest Township (called Soweto), outside Johannesburg (Joberg) South Africa. Food. {{Poppy works for a jobs training company in downtown Joberg. Simon doesn’t have steady work but picks up odd jobs here and there as he can. They don’t feel safe in their neighborhood and try to have everyone home behind locked doors and windows before nightfall to guard against violence. Family members are: Simon Qampie (48, father); Poppy Nosizwe Qampie (36, mother); Pearl Qampie (14 daughter); Irene Qampie (11, daughter); George (4, son); Mateo (2, son); Leah Nosizwe (64, Poppy’s mother); Anna (18, Poppy’s sister). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with a... http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10823_150_0.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10823_800_0.jpg <table width="100%" class="tileitemrow"> <tr> <td width="150" valign="top"><a href="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10823/"><img src="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10823/150/0/" border="0"/></a></td><td valign="top"><strong>Saf_mw_6_xxs.jpg</strong> - ID: 10823<br /><strong>created: </strong>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:15:52 -0700<br />Saf.mw.6.xxs Poppy and Simon Qampie’s main purchase at a supermarket is always corn meal, which they mix with water to form what is known as pap—hot cornmeal porridge. Published in Material World page 25.The Qampie family lives in a 400 square foot concrete block duplex house in the sprawling area of Southwest Township (called Soweto), outside Johannesburg (Joberg) South Africa. Food. {{Poppy works for a jobs training company in downtown Joberg. Simon doesn’t have steady work but picks up odd jobs here and there as he can. They don’t feel safe in their neighborhood and try to have everyone home behind locked doors and windows before nightfall to guard against violence. Family members are: Simon Qampie (48, father); Poppy Nosizwe Qampie (36, mother); Pearl Qampie (14 daughter); Irene Qampie (11, daughter); George (4, son); Mateo (2, son); Leah Nosizwe (64, Poppy’s mother); Anna (18, Poppy’s sister). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}}<br /><strong>copyright: </strong>1994 Peter Menzel www.menzelphoto.com Material World<br /><strong>source: </strong>adobe:docid:photoshop:f36a0429-55ff-11da-acce-8a1f6101387f</td></tr></table> Saf_mw_6_xxs.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10822/ Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:49:36 -0700 http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10822/ Saf.mw.709.xsFuneral of a 29-year-old woman (a neighbor of the Qampies) in Soweto, South Africa. The funeral is in a tent set up on the street outside the family’s home in the sprawling area of Southwest Township (called Soweto), outside Johannesburg (Joberg) South Africa. {{Poppy Qampie works for a jobs training company in downtown Joberg. Simon doesn’t have steady work but picks up odd jobs here and there as he can. They don’t feel safe in their neighborhood and try to have everyone home behind locked doors and windows before nightfall to guard against violence. Family members are: Simon Qampie (48, father); Poppy Nosizwe Qampie (36, mother); Pearl Qampie (14 daughter); Irene Qampie (11, daughter); George (4, son); Mateo (2, son); Leah Nosizwe (64, Poppy’s mother); Anna (18, Poppy’s sister). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}} http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10822_150_0.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10822_800_0.jpg <table width="100%" class="tileitemrow"> <tr> <td width="150" valign="top"><a href="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10822/"><img src="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10822/150/0/" border="0"/></a></td><td valign="top"><strong>Saf_mw_709_xs.jpg</strong> - ID: 10822<br /><strong>created: </strong>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:16:55 -0700<br />Saf.mw.709.xsFuneral of a 29-year-old woman (a neighbor of the Qampies) in Soweto, South Africa. The funeral is in a tent set up on the street outside the family’s home in the sprawling area of Southwest Township (called Soweto), outside Johannesburg (Joberg) South Africa. {{Poppy Qampie works for a jobs training company in downtown Joberg. Simon doesn’t have steady work but picks up odd jobs here and there as he can. They don’t feel safe in their neighborhood and try to have everyone home behind locked doors and windows before nightfall to guard against violence. Family members are: Simon Qampie (48, father); Poppy Nosizwe Qampie (36, mother); Pearl Qampie (14 daughter); Irene Qampie (11, daughter); George (4, son); Mateo (2, son); Leah Nosizwe (64, Poppy’s mother); Anna (18, Poppy’s sister). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}}<br /><strong>copyright: </strong>1994 Peter Menzel www.menzelphoto.com Material World<br /><strong>source: </strong>adobe:docid:photoshop:4da68181-566e-11da-af67-cc37047f86ae</td></tr></table> Saf_mw_709_xs.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10821/ Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:49:17 -0700 http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10821/ SAF.MW.800.xsThe Quampie children and a few of their friends play ‘ring around the rosie” on a Sunday afternoon in front of their house in Soweto, South Africa. The Qampie family lives in a 400 square foot concrete block duplex house in the sprawling area of Southwest Township (called Soweto), outside Johannesburg (Joberg) South Africa. Child, Games. {{Poppy works for a jobs training company in downtown Joberg. Simon doesn’t have steady work but picks up odd jobs here and there as he can. They don’t feel safe in their neighborhood and try to have everyone home behind locked doors and windows before nightfall to guard against violence. Family members are: Simon Qampie (48, father); Poppy Nosizwe Qampie (36, mother); Pearl Qampie (14 daughter); Irene Qampie (11, daughter); George (4, son); Mateo (2, son); Leah Nosizwe (64, Poppy’s mother); Anna (18, Poppy’s sister). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}} http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10821_150_0.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10821_800_0.jpg <table width="100%" class="tileitemrow"> <tr> <td width="150" valign="top"><a href="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10821/"><img src="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10821/150/0/" border="0"/></a></td><td valign="top"><strong>SAF_MW_800_xs.jpg</strong> - ID: 10821<br /><strong>created: </strong>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:17:26 -0700<br />SAF.MW.800.xsThe Quampie children and a few of their friends play ‘ring around the rosie” on a Sunday afternoon in front of their house in Soweto, South Africa. The Qampie family lives in a 400 square foot concrete block duplex house in the sprawling area of Southwest Township (called Soweto), outside Johannesburg (Joberg) South Africa. Child, Games. {{Poppy works for a jobs training company in downtown Joberg. Simon doesn’t have steady work but picks up odd jobs here and there as he can. They don’t feel safe in their neighborhood and try to have everyone home behind locked doors and windows before nightfall to guard against violence. Family members are: Simon Qampie (48, father); Poppy Nosizwe Qampie (36, mother); Pearl Qampie (14 daughter); Irene Qampie (11, daughter); George (4, son); Mateo (2, son); Leah Nosizwe (64, Poppy’s mother); Anna (18, Poppy’s sister). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}}<br /><strong>copyright: </strong>1994 Peter Menzel www.menzelphoto.com Material World<br /><strong>source: </strong>Adnet Lot 2 Image (from DVD4) mo</td></tr></table> SAF_MW_800_xs.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10820/ Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:48:57 -0700 http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10820/ Saf.mw.9.xxsLeah and Anna, Poppy Qampie's mother and sister, respectively, visit in the kitchen of Poppy’s house in Soweto, South Africa. Published in Material World page 27. The Qampie family lives in a 400 square foot concrete block duplex house in the sprawling area of Southwest Township (called Soweto), outside Johannesburg (Joberg) South Africa. {{Poppy works for a jobs training company in downtown Joberg. Simon doesn’t have steady work but picks up odd jobs here and there as he can. They don’t feel safe in their neighborhood and try to have everyone home behind locked doors and windows before nightfall to guard against violence. Family members are: Simon Qampie (48, father); Poppy Nosizwe Qampie (36, mother); Pearl Qampie (14 daughter); Irene Qampie (11, daughter); George (4, son); Mateo (2, son); Leah Nosizwe (64, Poppy’s mother); Anna (18, Poppy’s sister). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}} http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10820_150_0.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10820_800_0.jpg <table width="100%" class="tileitemrow"> <tr> <td width="150" valign="top"><a href="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10820/"><img src="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10820/150/0/" border="0"/></a></td><td valign="top"><strong>Saf_mw_9_xxs.jpg</strong> - ID: 10820<br /><strong>created: </strong>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:17:44 -0700<br />Saf.mw.9.xxsLeah and Anna, Poppy Qampie's mother and sister, respectively, visit in the kitchen of Poppy’s house in Soweto, South Africa. Published in Material World page 27. The Qampie family lives in a 400 square foot concrete block duplex house in the sprawling area of Southwest Township (called Soweto), outside Johannesburg (Joberg) South Africa. {{Poppy works for a jobs training company in downtown Joberg. Simon doesn’t have steady work but picks up odd jobs here and there as he can. They don’t feel safe in their neighborhood and try to have everyone home behind locked doors and windows before nightfall to guard against violence. Family members are: Simon Qampie (48, father); Poppy Nosizwe Qampie (36, mother); Pearl Qampie (14 daughter); Irene Qampie (11, daughter); George (4, son); Mateo (2, son); Leah Nosizwe (64, Poppy’s mother); Anna (18, Poppy’s sister). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}}<br /><strong>copyright: </strong>1994 Peter Menzel www.menzelphoto.com Material World<br /><strong>source: </strong>adobe:docid:photoshop:017abfd6-566f-11da-a24b-9a60491a48ba</td></tr></table> Saf_mw_9_xxs.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10819/ Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:48:38 -0700 http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10819/ Saf.mw.706.xs View of the shantytown called "Silvertown”, near Soweto, outside Johannesburg, South Africa. From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions. Architecture. http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10819_150_0.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10819_800_0.jpg <table width="100%" class="tileitemrow"> <tr> <td width="150" valign="top"><a href="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10819/"><img src="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10819/150/0/" border="0"/></a></td><td valign="top"><strong>Saf_mw_706_xs.jpg</strong> - ID: 10819<br /><strong>created: </strong>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:16:37 -0700<br />Saf.mw.706.xs View of the shantytown called "Silvertown”, near Soweto, outside Johannesburg, South Africa. From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions. Architecture.<br /><strong>copyright: </strong>1994 Peter Menzel www.menzelphoto.com Material World<br /><strong>source: </strong>adobe:docid:photoshop:170b05b8-561b-11da-be26-dddbd0187391</td></tr></table> Saf_mw_706_xs.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10818/ Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:48:20 -0700 http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10818/ Saf.mw.707.xsPoppy Qampie passes by root vegetables and fruit for sale by the plate full near the office where she works as an assistant in downtown Johannesburg (Joberg), South Africa. {{The Qampie family lives in a 400 square foot concrete block duplex house in the sprawling area of Southwest Township (called Soweto), outside Johannesburg (Joberg) South Africa. Poppy works for a jobs training company in downtown Joberg. Simon doesn’t have steady work but picks up odd jobs here and there as he can. They don’t feel safe in their neighborhood and try to have everyone home behind locked doors and windows before nightfall to guard against violence. Family members are: Simon Qampie (48, father); Poppy Nosizwe Qampie (36, mother); Pearl Qampie (14 daughter); Irene Qampie (11, daughter); George (4, son); Mateo (2, son); Leah Nosizwe (64, Poppy’s mother); Anna (18, Poppy’s sister). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}} http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10818_150_0.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10818_800_0.jpg <table width="100%" class="tileitemrow"> <tr> <td width="150" valign="top"><a href="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10818/"><img src="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10818/150/0/" border="0"/></a></td><td valign="top"><strong>Saf_mw_707_xs.jpg</strong> - ID: 10818<br /><strong>created: </strong>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:16:43 -0700<br />Saf.mw.707.xsPoppy Qampie passes by root vegetables and fruit for sale by the plate full near the office where she works as an assistant in downtown Johannesburg (Joberg), South Africa. {{The Qampie family lives in a 400 square foot concrete block duplex house in the sprawling area of Southwest Township (called Soweto), outside Johannesburg (Joberg) South Africa. Poppy works for a jobs training company in downtown Joberg. Simon doesn’t have steady work but picks up odd jobs here and there as he can. They don’t feel safe in their neighborhood and try to have everyone home behind locked doors and windows before nightfall to guard against violence. Family members are: Simon Qampie (48, father); Poppy Nosizwe Qampie (36, mother); Pearl Qampie (14 daughter); Irene Qampie (11, daughter); George (4, son); Mateo (2, son); Leah Nosizwe (64, Poppy’s mother); Anna (18, Poppy’s sister). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}}<br /><strong>copyright: </strong>1994 Peter Menzel www.menzelphoto.com Material World<br /><strong>source: </strong>adobe:docid:photoshop:170b05bc-561b-11da-be26-dddbd0187391</td></tr></table> Saf_mw_707_xs.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10817/ Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:48:01 -0700 http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10817/ Saf.mw.704.xsSimon Qampie brushes his teeth over a bucket in the bedroom of his family’s house in Southwest Township (called Soweto), South Africa. They have running water in the kitchen only, and their toilet is an outhouse in their backyard. {{The Qampie family lives in a 400 square foot concrete block duplex house in the sprawling area of Soweto, outside Johannesburg (Joberg) South Africa. Poppy works for a jobs training company in downtown Joberg. Simon doesn’t have steady work but picks up odd jobs here and there as he can. They don’t feel safe in their neighborhood and try to have everyone home behind locked doors and windows before nightfall to guard against violence. Family members are: Simon Qampie (48, father); Poppy Nosizwe Qampie (36, mother); Pearl Qampie (14 daughter); Irene Qampie (11, daughter); George (4, son); Mateo (2, son); Leah Nosizwe (64, Poppy’s mother); Anna (18, Poppy’s sister). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries w... http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10817_150_0.jpg http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10817_800_0.jpg <table width="100%" class="tileitemrow"> <tr> <td width="150" valign="top"><a href="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/viewdetails/item/10817/"><img src="http://menzelphoto.peripix.com/getitem/10817/150/0/" border="0"/></a></td><td valign="top"><strong>Saf_mw_704_xs.jpg</strong> - ID: 10817<br /><strong>created: </strong>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:16:24 -0700<br />Saf.mw.704.xsSimon Qampie brushes his teeth over a bucket in the bedroom of his family’s house in Southwest Township (called Soweto), South Africa. They have running water in the kitchen only, and their toilet is an outhouse in their backyard. {{The Qampie family lives in a 400 square foot concrete block duplex house in the sprawling area of Soweto, outside Johannesburg (Joberg) South Africa. Poppy works for a jobs training company in downtown Joberg. Simon doesn’t have steady work but picks up odd jobs here and there as he can. They don’t feel safe in their neighborhood and try to have everyone home behind locked doors and windows before nightfall to guard against violence. Family members are: Simon Qampie (48, father); Poppy Nosizwe Qampie (36, mother); Pearl Qampie (14 daughter); Irene Qampie (11, daughter); George (4, son); Mateo (2, son); Leah Nosizwe (64, Poppy’s mother); Anna (18, Poppy’s sister). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all their possessions.}}<br /><strong>copyright: </strong>1994 Peter Menzel www.menzelphoto.com Material World<br /><strong>source: </strong>adobe:docid:photoshop:ec38097f-5619-11da-be26-dddbd0187391</td></tr></table> Saf_mw_704_xs.jpg