clothing, posture, and proximity inspire need to continue theme
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
seek out similar recent images – articles and enlargements - 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
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