The magazine of the photo-essay
Sept 2016 back issue
by Fabien Dupoux
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I have always been intrigued by workers. It is a world in which man is used as raw material. From the Middle Ages and
on through the Industrial revolution, nothing has changed. I see in the faces of this labor, a vulnerable body, sweat and
physical exhaustion.
Most of the time these scenes are not invisible or are ignored, but it is a reality shared in all the workplaces where
manual labor dictates the daily routines of the many. Timeless. Identical.
It is the pure exploitation of labor. Hard. Cruel. Unjust and often without mercy. In many situations, it is in opposition to
nature and ourselves. Man is a wolf to man. It is a product of our consumer society. A cruel reality. Uncompromising
and unforgiving.
Demolition area where the shipowners of the world send their old vessels to be dismantled cheaply. Anlang, Gujarat,
India 2015.
Granite quarry, Tungabhadra river valley, Kamataka, India, 2015.
Demolition area where the shipowners of the world send their old vessels to be dismantled cheaply. Anlang, Gujarat,
India 2015.
Sea portmen, Marseille, France 2005.
Steel foundry, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico 2013.
Granite quarry, Tungabhadra river valley, Kamataka, India, 2015.
Coal carry in the Dhanbad region, Jharkhand, India, 2015.
Granite quarry, Tungabhadra river valley, Kamataka, India, 2015.
Squid fishermen in Santa Rosalia, Mexico 2014.
The survivor of a flood retrieves the steel from a demolished bridge, in order to resell it, Acapulco, Mexico 2013.
Granite quarry, Tungabhadra river valley, Kamataka, India, 2015.
Coal carry in the Dhanbad region, Jharkhand, India, 2015.
The survivors of a flood, Acapulco, Mexico 2013.
Steel foundry, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico 2013.
Steel foundry, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico 2013.
