Disappearing Trades: Portraits of India’s Obsolete Professions – LightBox

“They never changed, they never updated themselves, and then suddenly you had this juncture when globalization is going to hit so bad, everything is changing,” 

I have reproduced just a few of the great photographs here:

Broom maker and seller, earning $20 per week, 2011Sugarcane juice seller, earning $24 per week, 2012Potter, earning $25 per week, 2013Iron grill fabricators, earning $100 per week, 2012

 

 

 

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