Under Las Vegas
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Dates2021 - 2021
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Documentation of those that live underground in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In March of 2021. I was flown to Las Vegas by a magazine to investigate the daily lives of the estimated 2000 people who live in the underground tunnels beneath Las Vegas, one of the most visited places on the planet.
I spent 8 days in a world not widely known, and in fact hidden from most residents of Las Vegas. It is a dangerous world where groups as many as 20 form their own "villages" with their own barter economies and community rules.
This is a world without formal punishment for crimes, as law enforcement does not venture into these tunnels, for their own safety. This essentially creates an environment where drugs, sex and abuse run rampant. Violent acts, such as rape and murder also happen on occasion.
Despite all of these challenges, these individuals carry on and in my experience, are good people, caught in the web of a city that celebrates sex, drugs, and gambling.