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A photograph of ground-level construction work on bare red earth. A pile of grey crushed stone sits on the left. Three workers bend over the soil with hand tools: a man in a white shirt and white dhoti with an orange headcloth in the foreground holds a plastic container and a hoe, while another worker in a pale checked lungi and a person in a pink top work with spades or hoes behind him. A short concrete wall and a hose run along the top of the frame.

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Workers at an outdoor construction site spread wet concrete over a gravel base. In the foreground, a man in a light-coloured shirt and orange head wrap bends forward, while a man in a green-and-white checked head cloth and a man in a khaki shirt and white dhoti shovel and level the grey mix. Piles of sand and crushed stone sit on the right, and more workers in white shirts and dhotis carry materials in the background. A wooden stake and a hose lie on the ground.2006-12-22A photograph of a construction site beside a grey concrete-block wall with window openings. A large heap of crushed grey stone sits on bare reddish-brown earth. Several workers dig and shovel in the soil: a man in a pink head cloth and pink shirt, a man in a white checked shirt and yellow lungi, and a man in an orange head cloth and white shirt crouching with a small blue bucket and a hoe. Another worker in a white cap and white shirt stands near a blue drum, and a figure in white clothing is at the right edge. Hoses and a few loose stones lie on the ground.2006-12-12A photograph of construction work at a site with sandy ground. Several workers, with bare legs and checked green-and-white lungis, are mixing a heap of grey concrete mixed with gravel using long-handled trowels or shovels. A red-and-orange plastic bucket sits at the upper left. Only parts of the workers are visible: legs, feet, arms and hands gripping tool handles, one with a red thread on the wrist. No person is identifiable as a person in this image.2006-12-09Outdoor construction work on a paved site with palm trees and a scaffold behind. Several labourers work around a large heap of grey wet cement or concrete mix spread on the ground, with torn cement bags nearby. A man in a red knit cap and checked shirt on the left, a man in a striped sweater and white turban on the right, and others in lungis and light shirts shovel and spread the mix with tools. Tall lamp posts and a blue barrel sit in the background. No ritual, discourse or a person presence is visible.2006-12-19December 19 20092009-12-19A photograph of a construction site where three men mix and spread wet concrete on the ground. The man on the left, in a white shirt and white dhoti with glasses and a tilak on his forehead, leans forward over the mix. The man in the center wears a white shirt and a green-and-yellow checked lungi and uses a flat metal trowel to scoop grey concrete from a metal tray. The man on the right wears a striped white shirt, a white dhoti and a pink-and-white checked head cloth, and stands bent over the mixture. Sand heaps, scattered bricks and a wooden frame sit around them, and other workers and a woman in an orange sari are visible in the background.2006-12-09A construction site outdoors where workers are mixing mortar on bare earth beside a small concrete structure. A man in a white shirt, grey trousers and a green head cloth pours cement from a blue woven sack onto a heap of reddish sand. Beside him a worker in a purple checked top, green lungi and white head wrap bends over the pile with gloved hands. On the right an older man in a cream shirt and blue-striped dhoti stands watching, and another person in an orange shirt stands further back. A black hose runs across the ground, and white buildings, trees and a red metal railing sit in the background. Stacked concrete blocks lean against a wooden frame at right.A photograph of a temple construction site where workers mix and spread wet grey concrete on the ground. In the foreground a man in a white shirt and white dhoti, wearing glasses, shovels concrete with a flat metal trowel. Beside him a man in a white shirt and green checked lungi bends over the mix with a small trowel. On the right a man in a striped shirt and pink-and-white turban holds a shallow metal pan of gravel. Behind them other workers in white and in lungis, and a woman in an orange sari stands near wooden formwork and a blue drum. Piles of sand and red earth surround the site.2006-12-09A construction site photographed outdoors on bare sandy ground. A grey concrete mixer with a hand-cranked wheel sits in the centre. A woman in a pink and magenta salwar with a white headscarf shovels sand beside it, while a man in a white shirt with a yellow shawl stands at left holding a tool. Two workers at right, one in an orange-red headwrap and light blue trousers, carry a basket of sand on their heads. Large piles of sand, grey granite blocks, blue tarpaulins and sacks lie around the site, with a blue drum and a water hose at the top.2009-10-15June 14 20132013-06-14A photograph of an outdoor temple construction site with raw red-brown earth heaps and piles of gravel and stone. In the centre, a group of about ten men stand around a concrete slab. Several wear saffron-orange robes, one with an orange head wrap on the left, while others wear white dhotis and white shirts; one man in a blue shirt and checked lungi stands in the middle, and a man in a white shirt and white dhoti points on the right. A black water tank sits on a steel frame tower behind them, with trees and a low stone wall beyond. A blue tarpaulin lies on the ground in the foreground. +1 copiesA photograph of a dirt construction site with several men working outdoors. In the centre, a young man in a checked shirt and dark shorts stands on a pile of grey crushed stone, while others nearby carry tools and materials. A man in an orange-and-maroon shirt with a checked lungi stands beside a stack of cut grey stone blocks at right, and a boy in a light grey shirt crouches among the stones in the foreground. Behind them are a sand heap, a partly built block wall with a corrugated roof, palm and other trees, and a utility pole. 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