Garbage systems - PhMuseum

Garbage Systems is a photographic investigation of the objects Buenos Aires' "cartoneros" use to prop open garbage container lids while collecting materials for recycling.

Through these objects, the series shows a new nocturnal landscape characteristic of the city. A landscape that speaks as much of those who get rid of the garbage as of those who are dedicated to the collection, classification, and sale as merchandise of it. The images seek to portray metaphorically new forms of life and social relationships through the things found in the black containers that populate the streets of the city.

Henrik Malmström (FIN).
Currently lives and works in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His work is often the result of the interaction with his immediate surroundings.