Through that decade I’ve been fascinated by people’s livelihoods, always making time to stop, observe, and document them in photographs. From Amritsar border guards and Agra blacksmiths, to Zanzibar fishmongers and Zambian miners.
We in the west rarely see these people or learn anything about these people or their work. Jobs that are difficult, dangerous, rare, antiquated, or just totally different.
Here are a few of these people and jobs, selected from a photography book I'm hoping to publish. The world, at work.
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For a decade I’ve molded my life around travel.
Zambian Mining Surveyor
Firstly I became a frugalist, buying secondhand and living in small rooms of cheap houses
Indonesian Ritual Slaughterer
(at one point, I lived in a laundry room).
Zanzibari Fishmongers
I’ve squeezed trips into the cracks in my calendar and the core of my life,
Indian Blacksmith
bargaining hard to pry a few months off each year (without pay).
Chinese Hat Vendor
I even moved to Australia to access two whole new continents.
Vietnamese Floating-Island Mollusc Farmer
In January, I sold all my things, quit my job, and began a nomadic phase
Indonesian Cement Mixer
I'll focus full-time on sharing wisdom, philosophies, photos, and stories on my website.
Chinese Snack Vendor
Thanks for checking out my work!
Indonesian Stone-Grave Digger