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Hungary’s most deprived people donate blood plasma to survive – photo essay

The UK-based Hungarian Roma documentary photographer Béla Váradi spent months photographing the lives of blood plasma donors after he realised several old friends saw payment for plasma donation as a way of getting by

In the rust belt of north-eastern Hungary, a new economy is thriving – one built on human blood. Private companies have found a way to profit from the desperation of the region’s most marginalised population, the Gypsies. For many, the act of donating blood plasma has become a lifeline, a grim means of survival in a landscape of chronic unemployment and deprivation.

Miskolc, Hungary. One man prepares for plasma donation, while the other shows his bandaged arm

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Topic: [The Guardian] Hungary’s most deprived people donate blood plasma to survive – photo essay (Read 524 times)

[The Guardian] Hungary’s most deprived people donate blood plasma to survive – photo essay

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