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Smythe
Road

In February 2022, I visited again Liberia, West Africa, for family reasons. In the capital, Monrovia, I had the opportunity to take portraits in one of the many slums – “Smythe Road”, near Old Road Market…
The area is probably no bigger than half a square kilometer and without any recognizable boarder, and part of a seemingly endless community of worn-down houses, sheds built of metal sheets, with some single fire trees showing optimistic red colors when in full bloom.