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A worker on an aluminium stepladder drills into a textured pale pink wall with a black corded hand drill. He wears a blue short-sleeved shirt and an orange wristband on his right arm. Beside him a white PVC pipe runs vertically, with red and blue electrical wires hanging near a wall light fixture. The photograph is warmly lit and taken from below, showing a construction or electrical installation job in progress.

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January 16 20102010-01-16December 28 20092009-12-28A construction worker in a cream collared shirt and grey trousers stoops over a wooden block on bare, dusty ground, drilling into it with a corded power drill. A red thread is tied around his wrist and a small badge hangs from his shirt. Behind him are unfinished concrete block walls, windows and a wooden post wrapped in cloth, with scattered gravel and rubble on the ground.2010-02-03A man in a blue collared shirt and grey trousers crouches on a concrete floor beside a light wooden post, drilling into its base with a green power drill. Bare plaster walls and loose grey debris surround him, with black cables running along the floor at right. No ritual, a person candidate or devotional setting is visible.2009-12-19Two men work on a grey concrete ceiling in an unfinished, white-walled room with a sliding glass door at left. The man on the left wears a dark grey collared shirt and jeans and raises a tool toward the ceiling. The man on the right wears an orange and white plaid shirt and jeans and holds a hammer or chisel overhead, striking the ceiling. Patches of plaster have flaked away, and a light fixture is visible on the right wall. No a person candidate is present.2013-08-03A photograph of a construction worker chiselling into a pink-painted concrete wall beside a white metal scaffold frame. He wears an orange and light blue striped short-sleeved shirt and holds a metal chisel in one hand while striking it with a hammer held in the other. Exposed grey mortar and a red electrical conduit run along the wall, with a black and yellow hose and pipes at the left edge. A white awning sits at the top of the frame. No ritual, deity or a person depiction is visible.2010-02-10A construction site photo of an orange-red block wall with window openings and a corrugated metal roof frame. Three workers are on the building: one in a red-orange safety vest and dark clothes sits on the roof crouching over wiring, another in a pink shirt and light trousers sits on the roof ledge, and a younger worker in a peach shirt and khaki trousers stands on a metal stepladder against the wall. Loose electrical wires hang from the roof beams and a white street lamp is mounted on the wall.2010-02-05January 27 20102010-01-27December 17 20092009-12-17 +1 copiesA construction site photograph of an unfinished concrete building. A man in a white and beige striped shirt and dark trousers stands on a wooden ladder, reaching up with one arm to hold a vertical rope or cord that runs up to the ceiling. A second worker in dark clothing stands below on the ladder and holds the lower part of the rope. Behind them is a wall of grey concrete blocks with several openings, a white and orange cable run along the upper wall, and exposed concrete columns and black pipes overhead. Through an opening at lower right, a street and building are visible.2010-01-16 +1 copiesA photograph of a man in a blue striped short-sleeved shirt and dark trousers, seen from behind, crouched and plastering a wall with a trowel. The wall is partly finished: a pale plaster patch on the left and a dark, rough grey surface on the right. A small rectangular fixture is being smoothed. No ritual, deity or ashram setting is visible, and no a person candidate appears in the frame.2010-02-10A worker in a blue t-shirt and khaki trousers crouches on a concrete floor beside a half-built wall, reaching to set a blue spirit level or tool against a wooden door frame. A round metal tray of mortar, a trowel, a hammer and loose bricks lie nearby. White tiled wall panels rise on the right in an unfinished construction interior.2009-12-17