Minor Miners (phase 1 of ongoing long term project) (12 images)
Minor Miners, Child Labour in the Coalfields of Jharia, Jharkhand, India. This work on coal miners was nominated for the UNICEF GEO Photo of the Year 2010 and DAYS Japan International Photojournalism Award where it won 3rd Place in 2011. I continue to work on this personal project.
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A young girl hacks and pries at the coal walls...
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A young girl miner covers herself with a...
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A young girl miner walks barefoot for about...
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A young girl looks at the mines from her...
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A young girl looks at the mine walls while...
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After a full day of transporting coal by foot,...
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A boy continually rakes through his pile of...
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A young girl picking and transporting raw coal...
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A young girl is seen standing on a precarious...
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A young barefooted miner fills her basket with...
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A mining minor stands in the wind that sweeps...
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Young children hide their faces from a gust of...