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A construction worker in a pink checked shirt and a red, yellow and blue patterned headwrap applies plaster with a trowel to the underside of a concrete slab. Rough grey mortar covers part of the ceiling surface, and a white sheet hangs on the left beside exposed scaffolding poles. The worker's back is turned to the camera as he works overhead.

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December 19 20062006-12-19September 23 20142014-09-23A young man in a teal and blue checked short-sleeved shirt works at a construction site, using a trowel or tool to smooth wet mortar along the top edge of stacked stone blocks. Bamboo scaffolding and rope lash behind him, and a partial white-clad figure stands at the right edge. A wooden-framed structure with gold-toned panels sits in the background under trees.2006-12-19A worker in a flat cap, grey trousers and a faded red-and-white checked shirt stands on a concrete slab at a construction site, using a hoe or trowel to spread wet grey concrete. Nearby are a grey metal funnel-shaped pipe, a coiled beige hose, a grey stone slab leaning on the ground, a folded cement sack, a grey jug and corrugated sheets. The ground is bare red earth with sparse dry grass.2007-05-27A worker in a pink full-sleeve shirt, plaid lungi and a red-and-white checked head cloth squats on dusty red earth, shaping a grey granite slab with a chisel and hammer. A yellow measuring tape lies across the stone and chips are scattered around it. Behind him is a large heap of crushed grey stone, more cut slabs lean on the ground, and a white plastic chair stands among construction debris, at an outdoor stone-working site.2006-12-19May 25 20072007-05-25Aadheenam Construction 20092009-01-01 +1 copiesClose photo of a person's hands wrapping white cloth strips around a bare foot resting on a grey concrete block on sandy ground. The person wears a black beaded bracelet and a blue checked garment. Scattered brick fragments and construction debris lie in the background, and a blue cable runs across the top. No ritual, deity or a person appearance is visible.2013-06-17A worker in an orange checked shirt, dark blue trousers and a dark cap stands at a rough grey plaster wall, swinging a white-headed trowel or float to spread wet mortar. Mortar spray flies off the blade. Light enters from the right edge. The textured wall fills most of the frame. No a person candidate is visible; the scene shows construction work on a building wall.2009-12-15May 25 20122012-05-25 +1 copiesDecember 12 20062006-12-12A photograph of a nighttime construction site with workers mixing and spreading wet grey concrete on a dug-out red earth floor. A man in a red turban and checked shirt and green checked lungi stands at left holding a long wooden tool. A man in a white kurta and white dhoti bends over the wet concrete at center. A worker in a white head wrap and yellow checked shirt crouches at lower right beside a blue bucket. Another man in a grey sweater holds a round metal tray. Several other men in white dhotis stand in the background, and a bright work light stands at upper right. Sacks lie at the right edge.2006-12-12