Archive for Miners

The Grit, Grind, and Glory of Work

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 28, 2010 by stevemccurry

India

Tibet


India

India

Whether it is men fishing from poles in Sri Lanka, nuns washing dishes, miners digging beneath the earth in Afghanistan, or Dalits cleaning the streets of India, work is universal, yet  intensely personal. Many work in order to survive another day.

Srinagar, Kashmir

Myanmar/Burma

India

New York City

Java, Indonesia

Yangon, Myanmar

Many find their identity in the work they do. Some enjoy intense satisfaction in their work.  For others, the line between work and play is hard to find.

India

Sri Lanka

Weligama, Sri Lanka

Filadelfia, Paraguay

“Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.”

-  Kahlil Gibran

Croatia

Between Peshawar and Lahore, Pakistan

Thailand

Saffron Harvest, Srinagar, Kashmir

Pakistan


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