In 2010, the poverty line was a record number of Americans since 1959.
Danish photographer Joachim Eskildsen visited the USA where he worked on his book “American realities”, which tells about the lives of poor Americans.
Below the poverty line in the US, home to one in seven people, but the history of these people do not usually receive wide publicity, and because many foreigners several different imagine of the United States. Within 7 months, Joachim traveled to new York, California, Louisiana, South Dakota and Georgia, getting acquainted with those who live in conditions of constant lack of Finance.
1. Indian Kate walked away from the violent father of their children and moved in with my mom, sister and her children. She was pregnant when her family’s trailer burned down, and the fire destroyed all their possessions. Federal Agency on management in emergency situations sells trailers native Americans to solve the problem of shortage of housing.
2. After an injury that left her disabled, nurse Darlene Rosas could not continue to work. She now lives in South Dakota in a trailer without running water and divides his 800-dollar disability benefits with two children.
3. Like many, Ronald major, lost their home after hurricane Katrina. T he he lives under a bridge in new Orleans, and relies on the kindness of volunteers who on weekends handing out free food.
4. Terry Fitzpatrick lives with his girlfriend in a tent near a shopping Mall in Athens, Georgia, away from the city’s homeless.
5. Frank and Jessica Whitehill were evicted from their homes in Georgia with the foreclosure of a mortgage. With three teenage sons they planned to move to another house, but the authorities threw their belongings on the front lawn, and the Sheriff told them that they have to spend about four to six evictions in the day.
6. Alina Arnesen and her cousin Elizabeth live in Louisiana. Father of Alina is engaged in capture fisheries, but after the oil spill of 2010, the catch was halved. “The authorities say everything is fine, but my husband still catches fish, smeared with black muck,” — said Kendra, mother Alina.
7. Parents Quintilius Scott divorced, but still take an active part in his upbringing. His father, Quinton, was proud of the evaluations of the son, but worried that he might become a victim of racism: “My son may be in the wrong place at the wrong time. He could be killed and nobody would care. Many good men killed, and nobody takes measures.
8. Spirit of grass, belonging to the Lakota nation, along with his family lives on a reservation in South Dakota, where they try to survive on $ 3,500 a year. Her mother is an unemployed military veteran, and the father is working part time at 65 km from the house. Spirit grass is hopeful that a basketball scholarship will open the way to a better future.
9. Marla and Darren Sumner worked as an architect and interior designer respectively, but in 2008 they were reduced. Marla refused to take the position of cashier, citing too high a qualification.
10. Javier Hernandez and albino Lopez — migrant workers, which for the second time in a row, was sent home without paying. They came from Mexico in the 1970s and worked eight hours a day picking fruits and vegetables from 5 am. In the winter they go to Alaska, where he earned fishing.
11. Felicia, Ogbodo (left) was fired from the post of a social worker: “It’s shocking and humbling, because I never thought I would be unemployed with his masters degree”. Her daughter Ermalin (right) received a scholarship to College.
12. Erie walked three kilometers from his home in the city Fierro, California, to the community center to get free food. The boy lives in a trailer Park, and the total income of his family of five is $ 350 per week and 18 $ 200 per year.
13. Madai Nunez (left) watching the kids like Amy (right) at the Motel for migrant workers in Fresno, California, while their parents work in the fields.
14. James and Diane Kenley live in a house on wheels in Athens, Georgia. James had to leave work after heart problems forced him to install a pacemaker, but the insurance company refused him the assignment of a disability. They fear that if Diane will bring health, medical bills will make them homeless.
15. Yolanda Rodriguez lives in a tent in Fresno, California, where homelessness and crime flourish. Because of diabetes, she lost one toe, but the social organization try to help her free food and a chance to take a shower.
