Traces of Labor : Body and Workplace

This series resulted from field visits and time spent with rural agricultural laborers - goat herders, rose growers, buffalo herders, and vegetable plot handlers - during their work. The creators repeatedly heard one phrase from these people: “Not tired”, when their bodies were filled with traces of labor and fatigue. This allowed the creators to begin to see that the laborers did not only leave traces on their bodies, but also molded the space in which they lived their lives and at the same time.Those spaces also forged people's identities.

The work, therefore, is presented through portraits in conjunction with the Double Exposure technique to connect people to work spaces, providing them with not just a backdrop but an element that reflects their careers, lifestyles and the relationships between people and the places where they physically and physically live every day.

The creators hope that this series will not only give viewers an understanding of agricultural labor, but make them “feel” it, see labor as a life rather than a career, and look at work space as a space that captures the story, time, and value of the people behind society's way of life.


This photographic work explores the relationship between natural growth and the human-defined urban landscape, highlighting how nature and the built environment coexist, adapt to one another, and ultimately shape a shared space.