The Struggle!

To introduce some of the people who lived in these brightly colored houses and who were facing all sorts of difficulties in Buenos Airies making a living then, here are some of the dockworkers and their families remembered. Photographs I snapped in La Bocca...figures displayed on walls amongst the houses in which they had lived.

 No matter how big the struggle the worries could always be lessened by the joy provided... through simple living...music, singing, dancing, the company old friends, shared memories as well as lifting their spirits by residing in their bright and colorful houses.
Most of these immigrants had left family behind in Italy where unemployment and poverty was rife.