David Alan Harvey’s Beautiful Photos of Poverty and Beach Parties

David Alan Harvey’s Beautiful Photos of Poverty and Beach Parties

He’s been everywhere from the dirt-poor towns of Virginia to the dirt-poor favelas of Rio de Janeiro, along the way amassing an amazing portfolio of startling images. We talked to him about where he comes from.

via Vice: http://www.vice.com/read/david-alan-harvey-vice-loves-magnum

Life is all about how you look at something. It’s all attitude and philosophy more than actual reality, because everyone’s reality is kind of the same, but everybody has problems or advantages. So I always worked with my fellow students and told them how to think about it. That was my main thing—I’ve just done that all along.