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Photographers From Around The World Attempt To Describe What ‘Work’ Means To Them, And Here Are The Best 50 Photos
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You gotta work work work! From surgery rooms to dusty quarries, we're taking you on a trip among the workers who make the world go round.
These 50 photos have been selected among the #Work2019 Photo Contest by AGORA images, a free-to-use photography app that has been rewarding the world's biggest prizes in global photo contests since 2017.
Which photo should be awarded the Hero title? Have your say and vote for your favorite!
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Tejedora Artesanal
@manele (Barcelona)
Fixing Nets
@diepvan (Vietnam)
The sewing machine has done more positive things for humankind than any other machine in history
Among The White Umbrellas
@aungthuya (Myanmar)
The Doctors
@gaukhar_yerk (Kazakhstan)
Harvesting Red Chilies
@azimronnie (Bangladesh)
Pot Worker
@kokosat (Myanmar)
Tea Picker Lady
@elsardjono (Surakarta)
Umbrella-Making
@carlesalonsophotography (Granollers)
Umbrella Craftsman
@asmodalemdedy (Indonesia)
Drying Cloth
@yudybento (Indonesia)
An Old Lady Is Looking For Clams On The Coast
@nguyenson (Vietnam)
The Undisturbable Lecture
@travelmomentcaptures
Women At Work
@sandipani_c (India)
Please forgive me but I can't help myself.. Cue the music "She's a Brick. House. Mighty, Mighty.."
Drying The Crackers
@dharmaku (Indonesia)
I Can Handle It
@bimopradityo (Indonesia)
Work
@rufusa (Nigeria)
And, teenagers in the US complain about working in the fast food industry.
Cleaning Service
@baliphotographer (Bali)
The photographer should be nominated in this one. Making window washing look good.
Making Tofu
@ajuriaguerra
Fish Dryer
@tutul1410 (Bangladesh)
Ive never seen dead fish look so pretty... like a metallic curtain of shiny blue
Tale Of Shades
@pranab_basak (India)
Iron Castings
@tksnoz (Vietnam)
Iron Works
@jayanath2000 (Sri Lanka)
Untitled
@andrydenisah
Life In Colour
@zayyarlin (Myanmar)
Machine Man
@sohelchy07 (Bangladesh)
Rythm
@prit28 (India)
Female Factory Workers
@ginyu21 (Indonesia)
Is this supposed to be ironic? They look like they are in fancy prison uniforms.
Weaving A Thread
@juliuspram
The Basic Material For Making Bark Cloth
@jellyisnotagaragar (Palu City)
It's My Charcoal
@bastian_as (Indonesia)
Batik Maker
@recaear (Central Java)
No Different Man And Woman In Work Time
@pcd (Bangladesh)
At Work
@sufiartphotography (Sargodha)
Batik Tulis
@dikyedarling (Jakarta)
I destroyed our ironing board, and subsequently one of my mom's dresses, batiking when I was maybe 12. Oops...
Harvest Time For Tomatoes
@koi_harvey60 (Philippines)
Mantenimiento Del Buque
@juliannieves (Spain)
The Eye
@m1qbalimages (Indonesia)
Some of the world's worst exploitation hinding behind stunningly beautiful photos.
Actually, most of these are not people being exploited..they are people doing what they've done for generations in their families. Some of these are factory or mining situations in which the employees are paid very little involve people that are being taken advantage of...but most of the arts and craft type jobs are skills passed down through generation of tradesmen. Most of them either sell their own crafts and own the shops that produce them.
That's why I wrote 'some' not most. I've read a documentary about these women and girls carrying the bricks. They are slaves.
Sadly true :(
WHEN YOU ARE PUTTING A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS AND FOOD IN YOU KID'S MOUTH YOU ARE LESS JUDGE THE VALUE OF OTHERS LABOR.
Just as meaningful as they are beautiful <3
Anyone that wants to see more people that do handcrafting for a job, check out a YouTube series from Japan called Japanese Originator. They have English subtitles throughout the shows and they show things like a maker of longbows, a couple that makes fabrics for Kimonos, a person that carves bowls from blocks of wood. Even a man that makes delicate boxes of art from various woods. They even have an episode that shows 24 hours in Kyoto.
Some of the world's worst exploitation hinding behind stunningly beautiful photos.
Actually, most of these are not people being exploited..they are people doing what they've done for generations in their families. Some of these are factory or mining situations in which the employees are paid very little involve people that are being taken advantage of...but most of the arts and craft type jobs are skills passed down through generation of tradesmen. Most of them either sell their own crafts and own the shops that produce them.
That's why I wrote 'some' not most. I've read a documentary about these women and girls carrying the bricks. They are slaves.
Sadly true :(
WHEN YOU ARE PUTTING A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS AND FOOD IN YOU KID'S MOUTH YOU ARE LESS JUDGE THE VALUE OF OTHERS LABOR.
Just as meaningful as they are beautiful <3
Anyone that wants to see more people that do handcrafting for a job, check out a YouTube series from Japan called Japanese Originator. They have English subtitles throughout the shows and they show things like a maker of longbows, a couple that makes fabrics for Kimonos, a person that carves bowls from blocks of wood. Even a man that makes delicate boxes of art from various woods. They even have an episode that shows 24 hours in Kyoto.