City of ghosts

Photographer Ben Winston explores Bangkok's 'ghost towers', more than 500 half-finished high-rise developments that have become unusual homes for poor city workers and stray dogs.
Bangkok’s  ‘ghost towers’ are remnants of the 1997 Asian economic crisis, when the Thai economy collapsed and foreign investment drained out of the capital. Afterwards, more than 500 half-finished high-rise developments were left to rot in the tropical heat. Thanks to rising land prices, some are now being fully developed, but many others remain an unusual home for poor city workers and stray dogs.
Photographs by Ben Winston

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