The photos look very good, Tina.
Whether it’s slave labour would be difficult to tell in certain circumstances,
but if they’re free to stop and smile for the camera it’s very unlikely that
they’re “slaves”. As you know from your travels, some peoples are condemned to
a life of poverty, condemned by the political situation, the environment or
their lack of education; these people are, as you write, happy to have a job.
But their bodies will suffer from this heavy labour – their necks were not
designed to sustain such loads and they will feel the effects before they are
very old.
I’m glad that you and they enjoyed the photography.
Chris
> On 15 Mar 2019, at 20:37, Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> We visited a place in Jaflong, Bangladesh, where workers had seasonal jobs
> moving rocks from the river bed during the dry season. I got some
> criticism when I first posted a couple of these while still in Bangladesh.
> There were comments that I was taking advantage of people who were, in
> effect, working as slaves; however, that was not the impression I got while
> I was there at all. The people seemed happy to have jobs and were joking
> and laughing as they worked. Men, women, and children all worked together
> very cooperatively. They were very friendly and nobody objected to my
> photographing them as they worked. When they put their baskets and rocks
> down, they posed for photos and wanted to see them on the camera. All in
> all, it was a very positive experience and I was disappointed at the
> negative remarks I got when I posted the photos. So, I'm trying again. I
> took over 1000 photos there, both color and B&W. Here are the first two:
>
> https://pbase.com/tinamanley/image/168921344
> <https://pbase.com/tinamanley/image/168921344>
>
> https://pbase.com/tinamanley/image/168921392
> <https://pbase.com/tinamanley/image/168921392>
>
> I'll be posting a lot more as I edit them and I would appreciate your
> comments.
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