Le Journal de la Photographie

Boy drug dealer selling inside the chocolate factory. The levels of drug use and related violence are increasing among youths in the community. © Sebastian Liste / Getty Images

Sebastian Liste Boy drug dealer selling inside the chocolate factory. The levels of drug use and related violence are increasing among youths in the community. © Sebastian Liste / Getty Images Sebastian Liste Noemi (38), drugs addicts and mentally handicapped. She works as cook and prostitue to survive after her husband and brother died in a car accident one year ago. She lives inside the abandonated chocolate factory since 2003. © Sebastian Liste / Getty Images Sebastian Liste Ronaldo (35) celebrating Christmas i his shack. © Sebastian Liste / Getty Images Sebastian Liste Two girls fighting because they have discovered that they have a common boyfriend. © Sebastian Liste / Getty Images Sebastian Liste Leila's aunt has been visiting her at the factory. She is the only family she has. By day Leila (13) is a normal girl, but at night she prostitute herself to survive. © Sebastian Liste / Getty Images Sebastian Liste Couple making sex. The prostitution levels at the factory are very high. The pricipal cause is to get money to survive or to take drugs. © Sebastian Liste / Getty Images Sebastian Liste Ana celebraBng her sith anniversary. She was born and has grown up inside the factory. © Sebastian Liste / Getty Images Sebastian Liste Two young girls looking out of a wall destroyed during the last rainy season. © Sebastian Liste / Getty Images Sebastian Liste General vision of the abandoned chocolate factory occupied for dozens of families since 2003. In spite of the extreme conditions in which they live, this factory in ruins has become a home for these families. They have managed to build their dignity and their routine adapting and normalizing thei... Sebastian Liste Young men with fighting dogs at the abandonated chocolate factory. © Sebastian Liste / Getty Images Sebastian Liste Melanie (22) is actually living with her two sons in a small shack in a old chocolate factory in Salvador de Bahia. In spite of the extreme conditions in wich they live, this factory in ruins has become a home for the family. © Sebastian Liste / Getty Images Sebastian Liste Childrens playing in a old chocolate factory occupied since 2003 for dozens of families. These families were looking for a decent place to live and a more prosperous future for their children, away from the dangerous streets of Salvador de Bahia in Brazil. © Sebastian Liste / Getty Images