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Outdoor construction site at an ashram compound with dirt ground. A worker in a red-and-white patterned shirt, white trousers and a cream sun hat stands on a freshly concrete-poured slab, holding a trowel and smoothing the surface. A second worker crouches in the background near a red wooden shed. A coiled white hose, a plastic bucket and bags lie on the ground, with a grey block wall behind and an X painted on it. No identifiable a person depicted.

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December 19 20092009-12-19September 08 20162016-09-08December 19 20062006-12-19December 19 20092009-12-19A photograph of a labourer squatting on bare ground, mixing material with a long-handled trowel and a small hand tool. He wears a checked short-sleeved shirt, khaki trousers and sandals, with a red mark on his forehead. Beside him sit a black plastic bucket, a green basin and a large heap of brown sand against a red-painted wall with green plants.2016-09-08A construction site photograph showing workers moving building materials. In the foreground a man in a checked shirt, khaki trousers and sandals carries a red basin of sand on his head. Beside him a second worker in a grey shirt and blue trousers with an orange head cloth pours from a white bucket into a grey concrete mixer on wheels. Piles of grey stone blocks, sand heaps, sacks and a blue barrel surround them. Behind, a red-brick building stands beside a multi-storey concrete frame under construction with workers on its floors.2009-10-15A dusty construction site at an ashram-style compound on a hot, hazy day. In the foreground, workers dig in a trench of reddish-brown earth, with a woman in a blue-green head cloth crouched inside the pit and another worker in white bending beside her. On the left, a man in a white shirt and dhoti stands near a mound of sand, and a woman in a pink sari carries a basket or tray on her head. Beside them stands a white-walled building with a corrugated metal roof, and to the right a pink-painted structure with wooden doors and bamboo scaffolding leans against a tree. Palm trees and low scrub line the background under a pale sky.2007-04-20A construction worker in a yellow-green striped long-sleeve shirt, grey trousers, rubber boots and a navy cap stoops over a patch of wet concrete on an unfinished floor, working with a shovel. Piles of sand and cement sit beside him, a white sack and metal tray lie nearby, and a blue scaffold with a wooden ladder rises at right. A second worker in a plaid shirt and jeans stands on scaffolding behind, near bare brick walls and exposed pipes.2009-12-17 +1 copiesA construction worker in a white head cloth and striped shirt with a pale checked lungi stoops in dry sandy ground, using a flat trowel to work a mound of wet mortar beside a shallow pit. A blue bucket and a grey tray sit near his feet. Behind him stands a newly built terracotta-coloured brick building with large window openings, a short flight of red tiled steps, and potted palms along the front. A green wheeled bin is at right, and sacks rest against bamboo poles that brace the structure. No deity, ritual or a person depiction is visible.2010-02-05A construction site photograph showing a steel concrete mixer on wheels, its drum tilted, with a worker in a plaid shirt and tan cloth wrap bent over at left and another worker in a striped shirt and beige headwrap pouring from a pink bucket into the mixer. A third worker in a grey shirt and orange-and-white checked headwrap stands beside a blue plastic drum. Piles of brown earth, grey stone chips and sacks lie around, with a yellow building and red brick wall behind.2009-10-15December 19 20092009-12-19A construction site at a rural ashram setting with bare red-brown earth. A worker in a white shirt and grey trousers, leaning forward with a shovel, scoops soil from a trench. A second man in a blue plaid shirt, grey trousers and a white head cloth stands watching beside him. Rusted rebar rods rise from the foundation, trees and a yellow excavator sit in the background, and a hose lies across the ground. Neither man is clearly identifiable as a person.2006-12-12