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Outdoor stone-working site on bare reddish earth. A man in a red sweater and striped knit cap crouches, chiselling a grey stone slab with a hammer, while others in green and dark caps and white clothes work nearby, one tapping a slab with a hammer. Scattered stone chips, a stone block, and an angle grinder lie on the ground. A few other workers stand at the edge of the frame.

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December 22 20062006-12-22October 26 20162016-10-26 +1 copiesOctober 26 20162016-10-26 +1 copiesTwo workers crouch on a dusty construction site laying grey stone paving slabs into a bed of wet mortar. The man on the left wears a pink, yellow and purple striped headwrap, a white shirt and a blue checked lungi, and taps a stone with a metal tool. The older man on the right wears a white turban and white dhoti, holding a hammer and chisel to shape the stone; a bowl of mortar sits beside them. Loose grey stones lie scattered behind them and metal handrails and terraced red steps appear at the right edge.October 27 20162016-10-27A elderly man in a white turban and white collared shirt sits on the ground among large cut granite slabs and blocks in reddish earth. He wears a yellow dhoti with a red border and holds a hammer and chisel, working on a grey granite block resting on his knee. Scattered stone chips lie on the ground around him at a quarry or stone-carving site.2009-12-15A photograph of stone carvers working under a corrugated metal roof supported by blue painted steel posts in an open-sided shed. Several men sit or crouch on blocks of grey granite, using hammers and chisels to shape the stone. One standing man in a checked lungi and red shirt watches, and a seated carver wears a white patterned shirt and checked lungi while striking a chisel. Loose stone pieces, a metal basin, an angle grinder and red and green wires hang from the roof. Green grass, palm trees and distant hills fill the background beyond a low white wall.November 02 20162016-11-02August 27 20162016-08-27Outdoor stone-carving workshop on bare ground under a open shed with blue posts. Several workers chisel and shape grey granite blocks with hammers and chisels. In the foreground a man in a yellow and white checked shirt sits on a white plastic chair with his back to the camera, watching. A seated worker in a green shirt and checked lungi chisels a block in the centre, while a man in a pink shirt on a folding chair at left hammers a stone and a shirtless worker in orange cloth crouches beside him. A standing worker in a striped shirt and checked lungi bends over a slab behind them. Dust and chips lie on the ground, with a red van, straw and green foliage in the background.A photograph of stone carvers working under a open-sided corrugated metal shelter on bare dirt ground. Several workers sit on and around pale grey cut stone blocks, chiselling and shaping them with hand tools; a shirtless man on the left works on a block, another in a grey shirt and checked lungi carves on the right, and a woman in a striped top and blue skirt works in the centre. Scattered stone chips and hammers lie on the ground. Behind them is a white compound wall, a green lawn, a faded signboard with printed text, distant hills and a lattice tower. Hanging clothes are visible at the left edge.December 17 20092009-12-17 +1 copies