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A man in a blue-and-white striped shirt and checked lungi sits on a low red brick wall, wearing dark sunglasses and holding a handheld angle grinder with a round cutting disc. He is cutting or shaping grey granite blocks scattered around him on sandy ground. Yellow bamboo stalks and green leaves stand behind him, with a red compound wall and a yellow structure in the background. A woman in a yellow sari walks at the far right edge.

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September 07 20162016-09-07 +1 copiesA worker in a blue and white striped shirt and checked lungi sits on a low red brick wall, cutting a granite block with a handheld angle grinder. Around him are piles of pale grey and tan cut stone slabs and rough rocks scattered on the sandy ground. Behind him, a second worker in a white shirt and pink head cloth carries a bag near a mound of sand, with bamboo stalks at left and a red boundary wall behind. The scene reads as ongoing stone masonry and site construction work.2016-09-07A worker in a green striped shirt, khaki shorts, sandals and a red checked head cloth cuts a large pale stone block with a green angle grinder in a dusty, open-sided stone workshop. Chips and fragments of stone litter the ground and piles of cut blocks sit behind him. The photo is a site image of stone cutting rather than a ritual or discourse scene.2014-09-17December 17 20092009-12-17 +1 copiesOutdoor stone workshop on bare ground with scattered granite and marble offcuts. In the foreground an older man with grey hair and glasses, wearing a white t-shirt and blue checked lungi, sits cross-legged and grinds a stone block with a handheld angle grinder. Behind him another man in a tan cloth grinds a stone piece. Nearby lie chisels, hammers, a power strip and trailing electrical cords, and a tall pale stone pillar stands at left. The scene shows stone carving work in progress for temple or sculptural pieces.A worker in a grey short-sleeved shirt, green shorts, green head wrap and sandals chisels a granite block on a red-earth site. Several pale grey dressed stones lie on the ground around him, with a heap of rubble and larger rocks behind. Low tiled-roof buildings, palm trees and a utility pole sit in the background under an overcast sky.2013-06-08September 22 20142014-09-22A 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.September 07 20162016-09-07December 09 20092009-12-09 +1 copiesA photograph, shown rotated sideways, of a worker seated on bare reddish soil beside a stone wall, shaping grey granite stone with a hand tool. The worker wears a light blue head wrap, an orange short-sleeved shirt and a white dhoti. Loose cut stones lie on the ground around him, and a pile of granite rubble sits against the wall. Behind him, a row of tall metal poles stands beside a tiered garden of potted plants and green shrubs, with a multi-storey building and trees in the background.2010-02-01A man in a white sleeveless vest and green checked lungi sits cross-legged on a rubble-strewn ground, chiselling a grey stone block with a hammer and chisel. He wears dark-rimmed glasses and a thin chain necklace. Around him lie scattered stone chips, larger cut stone blocks, a carved stone piece with a curved edge, and a plastic bottle beside a tree trunk. The scene reads as stone carving work in progress.