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June 18 2013

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December 17 20092009-12-17 +1 copiesA worker in a brown sleeveless top, blue jeans and a checked head wrap stands on a stack of grey granite slabs, reaching toward them while a black crane hook with orange-and-black striped hazard markings hangs above. A tan lifting strap lies across the stones. Behind him, another worker bends over more slabs, a third man in white stands at left holding a long tool, and bamboo and a stone wall frame the sandy construction yard.2016-10-26 +1 copiesNovember 19 20162016-11-19A worker in a pink full-sleeve shirt, plaid lungi and a red-and-white checked head cloth squats on dusty red earth, shaping a grey granite slab with a chisel and hammer. A yellow measuring tape lies across the stone and chips are scattered around it. Behind him is a large heap of crushed grey stone, more cut slabs lean on the ground, and a white plastic chair stands among construction debris, at an outdoor stone-working site.2006-12-19A photo of a man sitting cross-legged on a stone ledge in an outdoor stone-carving yard, working a small carved stone with a hammer and chisel. He wears black-rimmed glasses, a white sleeveless vest, a gold chain and a green checked lungi, and is barefoot. Around him lie rough granite blocks, stone rubble, a carved stone urn or basin, a stone elephant figure at the top left, a tree trunk and scattered tools including a mallet and a plastic bottle.Outdoor construction scene on a dirt yard in front of a green corrugated-roof building with red walls and bamboo scaffolding at left. A young man in a grey shirt and dark trousers crouches over a steel frame, holding a welding torch with a hose running across the ground. Other workers in a yellow-green shirt, a white shirt and a light shirt bend over long steel beams and a pile of sand. Steel I-beams and channels lie across the ground.2016-11-19A man in a plain white sleeveless undershirt and white dhoti kneels on sandy ground, chiselling a large rough grey stone block with a small hand hammer. A large sledgehammer head enters from the upper right, held by another person's hand. Other people in white dhotis and an orange-bordered cloth stand around, with a red brick wall behind. Bare feet and tools lie in the dirt.2013-07-14June 29 20132013-06-29A worker in a grey t-shirt and dark trousers, wearing a red thread on his wrist and sandals, crouches on sand while cutting a steel I-beam with a gas torch, sparks spraying from the cut. Other steel beams lie on the ground nearby. Behind him, a second worker in a yellow shirt and a red-and-white head cloth stands near a building with a green corrugated roof and orange-red walls, with palm trees and scaffolding in the background. The image is a photo of a construction site, not a ritual or discourse setting.2016-11-19January 17 20102010-01-17Two men work outdoors on bare red earth in front of an orange-painted building with a maroon door and a corrugated metal wall. The man on the left, in a white shirt and maroon-and-red cloth, crouches with a torch or blowpipe over a small metal vessel set on red bricks, using a hose and gas fitting. The man on the right, in a white checked shirt and maroon cloth with yellow border, sits cross-legged beside him holding a tool and watching the work. A sack and a plastic water bottle sit nearby.2013-06-25December 19 20062006-12-19