Oil pumps 24 hours a day in Bibiheybat. The ecological disaster here is extreme. Many locals only seem to care that this is where they filmed a James Bond movie
Day Labourers wait by the side of the street in Balaxani, waiting to be hired for work.
Going shopping for bread in the oil centre of Balaxani
A diamond shop selling Russian diamonds on the streets of Baku. The wealth gap between the rich and the poor here is extreme. With many saying there is no middle class left in Baku.
A beggar outside the exclusive shops in Baku. Shops sell diamonds, $5000 suits and exclusive shoes. The rich in Baku are getting richer, but the wealth from oil is not filtering down to everyone, poverty is desperate throughout the city. People say there are very few middle class left. You are either Rich or Poor.
A local resident of Balaxani on his way to work.
Exclusive $500,000 apartments are being built in Baku. Shops sell diamonds, $5000 suits and exclusive shoes. The rich in Baku are getting richer, but the wealth from oil is not filtering down to everyone, poverty is desperate throughout the city. People say there are very few middle class left. You are either Rich or Poor.
Exclusive shops in Baku are everywhere, this one is selling a gold leaf bed. Shops sell diamonds, $5000 suits and exclusive shoes. The rich in Baku are getting richer, but the wealth from oil is not filtering down to everyone, poverty is desperate throughout the city. People say there are very few middle class left. You are either Rich or Poor.
People fish on sunken ships at the coast in Sumquayit many earn very little and fishing is the only way they can make ends meet.
The new Opera house in the centre of Baku, refurbished at a huge cost, the government says there is no money to spend $100,000 on refurbishing accommodation for 300 families displaced from the conflict with Armenia they have been living with no running water or electricity for 15 years.
Ship breakers in Baku and old oil platforms wait in the background to be broken down for scrap.
Men gather outside a bar in Baku. Many restaurants and bars and nightclubs are routes to launder corrupt money.
The old soviet oil town on Artyom island where 90% of the population is mostly Russian or Russian descent.
Men play backgammon on the beaches in the early morning. Behind are the ship breaking works, with old oil platforms waiting to be broken down for scrap.
A woman sells tomatoes in the old soviet oil town on Artyom Island where 90% of the population is mostly Russian or Russian descent.