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Bent Over Crowd - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2006

Probably could have called this "sea of backs" just as easily - but that just occurred to me.

Some days the strawberry pickers are even more jammed in than this - but this gives a good isolated view.

No matter how hot it seems - most pickers where a minimum of sweatshirt weight clothing. Placing these textured material looking colors was not where I took liberties.

The color coordinated clothing, however, represents the likeness of the pickers from a distance - remarkably bent - looking much like a herd - and diligently working for hours in this uncomfortable position.

Despite witnessing the hard lifestyle, it is also a witness to something beautiful.

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See Also

• Guide to Blogsite Articles by Image - Blog Exclusive Images
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• Strawberry growing near Waimate, South Canterbury : the pickers at work.: [1900] - Christchurch City Libraries Heritage Photograph Collection:
  different people - different time - different place - Same Posture
• Labor - “Krakow, Poland”: About the U.S.A.
  statistics about change in labor in US - and more distant image of the same type of scene