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A man stands on a dusty, rocky quarry slope holding a pneumatic rock drill with a long rubber air hose trailing across the reddish-brown earth. He wears a khaki short-sleeved shirt, grey trousers and blue flip-flops, with a checked cloth tied around his head and neck. Broken pale stones and loose soil surround him, and a faint puff of dust rises near the drill.

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A photograph of a rocky construction excavation site seen from above. Two men work on dusty brown ground strewn with broken stone. The man on the left wears a pink-and-purple checked head cloth and an orange shirt and bends over a jackhammer or drill. The man on the right wears a pale headband, a light shirt and trousers, and rests one foot on a rock while bracing the tool. A green hose runs across the ground, and a blue tarpaulin holds scattered iron drill bits and rods. A green bottle lies on the ground, and white smoke or dust rises from the drilling point.2010-02-10A photograph of a rocky excavation site showing two workers at the bottom of a quarry pit. One worker in a red and white head wrap and light clothing operates a pneumatic drill or hammer, with a green air hose running across the rock surface. Another worker in a white shirt, pale trousers and a pink head cloth stands nearby. Loose grey stone, broken rock slabs, a blue tarp holding tools, and a green bottle sit around the pit. Dust rises from the drilling. No ritual or ceremony is visible.2010-02-10July 11 20132013-07-11A 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 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.2013-06-08December 09 20092009-12-09 +1 copiesA photograph of a worker digging into a raw earth embankment at a construction site. A man in a blue striped long-sleeved shirt, green trousers and a pink-and-white checked head cloth wrap stands with his back partly turned, swinging a metal spade with a wooden handle into the reddish-brown soil. Loose grey gravel, rocks and dry straw or grass lie in the excavated cut, and the bank rises behind him. The scene shows manual earthwork in progress.2009-10-15Two workers at a dusty construction site operate a hand-held rock drill on bare, reddish-brown earth. The worker on the left, wearing a light cream shirt, a cloth wrapped over his head and dusty trousers, grips the drill handle. The worker on the right, in a light shirt and dark trousers, presses his foot onto the drill's footrest to push it into the ground. Dust rises around them, a curved water hose lies on the ground, and a cut rock face and scrubby greenery appear behind. No a person candidate is visible.2009-12-09September 10 20162016-09-10June 26 20132013-06-26A 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.2010-02-03July 09 20092009-07-09