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Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010This picture of Bulgarian refugees is one of 19 different refugee situations I photographed over a period of five years. I always seem to be slow in finishing things…
This picture of Bulgarian refugees is one of 19 different refugee situations I photographed over a period of five years. I always seem to be slow in finishing things…
Just updated my website with a new story on the recent strikes in the garment industry here. Fits with the global trend, re-initiated with the recent attention the Chinese authorities had to show to their own cheap workforce, that it will be more and more difficult for investors to find malleable pools of workers…
The frozen clock is from the 108 Landscapes series.
After the ‘unrest’, back to the matching pictures series, taken 15 years (minimum) apart… The Cambodian tree drowned by development land could have been part of the story on Phnom Penh Development. It became part of the Evictions Gallery…
The strike organised by some unions (not all) for a salary raise in the garment sector ended one day earlier than planned. Pressure was mounting. Rumors of delegates going to be arrested, lawsuits, intimidation, and the promise to discuss ‘a resolution to provide a decent living for the workers’ on Sept. 27th were enough to […]
From yesterday afternoon. Found a fifth factory where some workers are on strike. This movement is far from unanimous.
Also check the previous post on the strike and the Garment Girls story…