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Archive for September, 2010

Match 23

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010

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…

No Match but Update

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

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…

Match 22

Monday, September 20th, 2010

Match 21

Sunday, September 19th, 2010

The frozen clock is from the 108 Landscapes series.

Match 20

Saturday, September 18th, 2010

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…

STRIKE! Day 4 and End

Friday, September 17th, 2010

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 […]

STRIKE! Day 3 bis

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

From yesterday afternoon. Found a fifth factory where some workers are on strike. This movement is far from unanimous.

STRIKE! Day 3

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

Also check the previous post on the strike and the Garment Girls story…