India: The Workers

The Indian sub-continent is one of the most exciting locations for photography. The diversity and ingenuity of the people as they go about their working lives offers a wealth of photography and challenges one to capture the spirit and atmosphere of the people who are amongst the most gifted and dedicated, often working in extremely difficult conditions.

Whether it be the street vendor cooking fast food or the people labouring in the dusty hot conditions of the brickworks or cashew nut factory, all offer a dignity and singular effort that makes the sub-continent the producer of an amazing array of products.

The Sandal Merchant

Cooking noodles in Old Town

Cooking Pakoras in Old Town

The Carpenter

The Engineer

Working in the Kitchen

At the well

Bagging the tea

Building worker

Burning the Banana Plantation

Cashew Nut Factory workers

Cashew Nut Factory workers

Charcoal burner

Tea Picker

Cleaning the bowls

Duck Farming

Emptying the Ginger

Evening Fisherman

Evening Portage

Five Bags ready at the Salt Pans

Gathering Coconuts

Heavy Load

The Woollen Merchant

Meal preparation

Morning sweepers

Old shop owner with henna beard

Oil Drum refurbishing

Ploughing the rice paddy with oxen

Pressing engagement

Tea Plantation

Cleaning the pots

The Kitchen, Cooking the meals

The Kitchen, Washing up

Buttering the Chapati's

Cleaning the pans

The Lady Vegetable seller

The mechanic's garage

The Merchant

The Old Chilli Seller

The Old Grain Seller

The Paddy Fields

The Peacock Fan Seller

Woman at the carpet weaving loom

Woman winnowing corn

Cleaning the pans at the Golden Temple

Bailing the Coir

Boy with fire

Brickworks Toil

The Plasterer

Clothes Dying

Concrete Brick Makers worker

Laying out the bricks

Daily Chores

Dowsing the fire

Doing the laundry

Concrete Brick Makers

Moving the bricks

Village girl resting with load

Jaggery making

Laying out the concrete bricks

Lady sorting shallots

Lady sifting grain

Late afternoon toil

Man with scissors

Finishing the bricks

Sorting the Cardamom

Cooking the sweets

The sweeper

Sorting Flour sacks

Rosy Cheeked Shopkeeper

Cleaning the tank

Sealing the cases of ginger

The Banana Seller

Rural Farmhouse Cooking

The Carpet trimmer

Guard at The Golden Temple

The Cook

The Cookhouse

Sorting the ginger

The Rice Farmer