Traditional Work Environments

Scenes of traditional labor including leather tanning, laundry work, and construction, focusing on cultural practices and daily life.

India, Maharashtra, Mumbai (aka Bombay). Famous Dhobi Ghat laundry where most of Mumbai's wash has been done for generations, only one of its kind in the country.

blur in morocco africa the antique tannery near the medina

India, Maharashtra, Mumbai (aka Bombay). Famous Dhobi Ghat laundry where most of Mumbai's wash has been done for generations, only one of its kind in the country.

Women returning back to their work after short break at construction site ; Ahmedabad ; Gujarat ; India

Fes, Morocco on February 22, 2018: Man working on the leather process Chouara Tannery, Fez, Morocco, Africa

Regulated disposal by sale of coloured plastic canisters at the Mercato, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, Africa

Porters at Khari Baoli spice and dried foods market, Old Delhi, India

Silk rug weaving on a hand loom in Viet Nam

Dead swordfish before the Fishmarket, Mogadishu, Somalia, Africa

Dhaka, Bangladesh - 24 January 2024: View of laborers straining under the weight of a massive yellow ship's hull against the backdrop of the shipyards.

Fish for sale at the early morning fish market, Fort Kochi, Kerala, India

India, Maharashtra, Mumbai, cloths drying in Dhobi Ghat, world's biggest open air Laundromat

India, West Bengal, Kolkata, workers

India, Mumbai. Dhobi Ghat (Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat), open air laundromat (lavoir). The washers, known as dhobis, work in the open to clean clothes and linens from Mumbai's hotels and hospitals. Constructed in 1890.

VIETNAM - CAN THO - A CAPITAL INTERFACEThe Mekong Delta provides nearly 40% of Vietnam's food production. Can Tho, a hub city in the midst of a vast network of canals, is the nerve center of the region's commercial and cultural activities.Place of trade, the commodities of all the delta are exchanged here. On the river or under hangars, huge markets are present in the four corners of the agglomeration.Can Tho also asserts itself as a cultural center, with its unique university complex attracting students from all over the region.But his ambitions do not stop there. With 1.2 million inhabitants, it intends to continue to ride the economic boom of the Mekong Delta and fully assume its role as capital.The city of Can Tho is now connected to Ho Chi Minh City by a new highway. Modernization is under way.VIETNAM - CAN THO - UNE INTERFACE CAPITALELe Delta du Mekong assure près de 40% de la production alimentaire du Vietnam. Can Tho, ville carrefour au milieu dun vaste réseaux de canau

Female factory workers managing machinery in cotton processing factory, Rajkot district, Gujarat, India, Asia

Dhaka, Bangladesh - 24 January 2024: View of labourers straining under the weight of a vividly painted vessel, their colorful clothing a stark contrast against the industrial backdrop.

India, Mumbai. Dhobi Ghat (Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat), open air laundromat (lavoir). The washers, known as dhobis, work in the open to clean clothes and linens from Mumbai's hotels and hospitals. Constructed in 1890.

Woman making wooden charcoal. Hard work.

Woman at work in a small fish factory. Preparation of fish fillets. Vung Tau. Vietnam.

Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat, laundry district of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Asia

Goods on dock waiting to be loaded onto dhows for transportation, Deira, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Middle East

Women Working Over Rows of Whitewashed Dye Pits in the Morning Light at Chouara Tannery, Fes, Morocco

The Medina Leather Tannery in Fes, Morocco

A man making soda, weekly Periodical market at Perundurai near Erode, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Morocco, Fez tannery. Hides of goats, sheep, cows, and camel are processed. Dye ingredients of this odorous process include pigeon excrement, cow urine, oils, chromium salts, and sulfuric acids.

Inside a farm workshop, Chipping, Preston, Lancashire.

An artist is pasting glass pieces to make a 41 feet tall Ganesh idol, fully covered by glass, ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi festival in a pandal in Ranir bazar. Agartala. Tripura. India.

Extraction of corn maize (Zea mays) from corn kernels in Oddanchatram Ottanchathiram, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

An artist is pasting glass pieces to make a 41 feet tall Ganesh idol, fully covered by glass, ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi festival in a pandal in Ranir bazar. Agartala. Tripura. India.

Bicycle repair shop in Munshiganshi, Bangladesh, Asia

Dharavi, largest slum in Asia with up to 600, 000 people living in poverty, Mumbai, India, Asia

High angle view of a mid adult man and two mid adult women making cricket bats, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Hemayetpur, Bangladesh - 04 August 2021: View of workers handling raw leather hides near a large, weathered tanning drum, amidst the stark industrial setting.

Female and male construction workers on a high rise construction site, Mandalay, Myanmar, Asia

At the Karnaphuli Fish Port, the largest fish stock hub in the country, hundreds of labourers work tirelessly, unloading freshly caught fish from arriving boats. Each worker carries heavy loads, earning an average daily wage of 400 to 800 BDT ($4-$8 USD), depending on the weight they transport. Despite the physically demanding nature of the job, many continue to rely on it as their primary source of income, serving both local and national seafood markets. The port remains a vital economic hub, supplying fish across Bangladesh and highlighting the resilience of its workforce. Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Fresh fish containers are ready for export, Kanyakumari port, Tamil Nadu, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

India, West Bengal, Kolkata, workers

Two stores, one selling beverages and propane, the other a drugstore. (Editorial Use Only)

Medeber Market, where artisans recycle old tyres and tins to make new artifacts; Asmara, Central Region, Eritrea

Aerial view of a vibrant fish market teeming with people and containers, a colorful symphony of daily life unfolds from above, Chattogram, Chittagong Division, Bangladesh.

Mumbai,India;Clothes hanging over a communal laundry facility

Worker working in a shipbreaking yard Bangladesh

Crane and highrise construction site. aerial View

Dhobi ghat washing district in Mumbai

Fisherman with net at work, Porto, Portugal, Europe

Portrait of a worker at the Chattogram Fishery Ghat, located along the Karnaphuli River in Chattogram. The 200-year-old Chattogram Fishery Ghat is the nation's largest wholesale fish market. Meanwhile, all fishing boats are returning to the ghat ahead of Bangladesh's government-imposed 58-day fishing ban in the Bay of Bengal, which takes effect from April 15 to June 11, 2025. The ban, which applies to all types of fishing vessels and species, including the prized Hilsa, is a vital conservation measure aimed at ensuring sustainable breeding, production, and preservation of marine fish resources. Chittagong, Bangladesh.

cement bags on hand pulled cart, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Asia Copyright: xSarveshxJoshi/DinodiaxPhotox

Dhaka, Bangladesh - 15 January 2019: View of men pushing a cart through a landfill, chimneys rising in the distance, a stark scene of labor against a backdrop of industrial haze.

AMC (Agartala Municipal Corporation) workers destroying illegal liquor shops along with police personnel at the Battala market area at Agartala. Tripura, India.

Sahajanpur, Bangladesh - 19 December 2021: Aerial view of a person working with clay pots in a factory, Bangladesh.

Fisherman repairing fishing net, Indonesia, Sulawesi, Celebes, Lamanggau fishing village, Asia

View of a ship breaking yard in Bangladesh

MUMBAI, INDIA, OCTOBER 31, 2019: Dhobi Ghat (Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat) is open air laundromat lavoir in Mumbai, India with laundry drying on ropes. Now signature landmark tourist attractions of Mumbai

An artist is pasting glass pieces to make a 41 feet tall Ganesh idol, fully covered by glass, ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi festival in a pandal in Ranir bazar. Agartala. Tripura. India.

Man cooking food in dirty unsanitary primitive kitchen in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Local man, blacksmith, forging a machete in Stilt houses in a Seinkaung vilage, stands in the water, in Inle Lake; Shan State, Myanmar, South-East Asia, Asia; Iron worker Blacksmith's workshop Seinkaung vilage; Inle Lake, Shan state, Myanmar (Burma), Asia ; Stilt houses ; stands in the water

Cycle repair shop, Sangli, Maharashtra, India, Asia Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Famous skin tannery in Fes, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Africa, Madagascar, Diego Suarez. Zebu cattle paw for sale at market.

Carpet of traditional types made on a loom

Worker dyeing leather, basin with paint, dyeing, tannery Tannerie Chouara, tanner and dyer quarter, Fes el Bali, Fez, Morocco, Africa

Farm Implements For Sale At The Weekly Market In Fianarantsoa, Madagascar

Chaotic wiring, power, chaos, power cable, safety, danger, power grid, energy, confusion, safety concerns, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia

Sick construction workers resting in their temporary corrugated sheet accommodation while their fellow workers are on the work site ; Ahmedabad ; Gujarat ; India

VIETNAM - CAN THO - A CAPITAL INTERFACEThe Mekong Delta provides nearly 40% of Vietnam's food production. Can Tho, a hub city in the midst of a vast network of canals, is the nerve center of the region's commercial and cultural activities.Place of trade, the commodities of all the delta are exchanged here. On the river or under hangars, huge markets are present in the four corners of the agglomeration.Can Tho also asserts itself as a cultural center, with its unique university complex attracting students from all over the region.But his ambitions do not stop there. With 1.2 million inhabitants, it intends to continue to ride the economic boom of the Mekong Delta and fully assume its role as capital.The city of Can Tho is now connected to Ho Chi Minh City by a new highway. Modernization is under way.VIETNAM - CAN THO - UNE INTERFACE CAPITALELe Delta du Mekong assure près de 40% de la production alimentaire du Vietnam. Can Tho, ville carrefour au milieu dun vaste réseaux de canau

December 21, 2016. Africa, Egypt, Cairo,Sebteyya District. contruction, equipment, parts store.

Waste threads shop, Tiruppur Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

TWO WORKERS TOGETHER UNLOADING A TRUCK WITH WOODEN POLES

China, Chongqing, Construction worker welding steel beams at sprawling Chongqing Dongfeng Shipyard on autumn morning

Morocco-Fes City-Fes Tannery

Worker cutting a marble block, Marble Mountain, Danang, Vietnam

Electronics recycling in New Delhi, India

Metals trade, market street scene, Mercato of Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Oromia Region, Ethiopia, Africa

The Fish Market and Harbour at the Pak Nam Pran Fishing Village near the City of Hua Hin in the Province of Prachuap Khiri Khan in Thailand, Thailand, Hua Hin, November, 2022. THAILAND PRACHUAP HUA HIN PAK NAM PRAN FISHING VILLAGE

At the Karnaphuli Fish Port, the largest fish stock hub in the country, hundreds of labourers work tirelessly, unloading freshly caught fish from arriving boats. Each worker carries heavy loads, earning an average daily wage of 400 to 800 BDT ($4-$8 USD), depending on the weight they transport. Despite the physically demanding nature of the job, many continue to rely on it as their primary source of income, serving both local and national seafood markets. The port remains a vital economic hub, supplying fish across Bangladesh and highlighting the resilience of its workforce. Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Worker in a denim dyeing factory, textile industry, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Asia

Aerial view of people enjoying the New fish market, Chattogram province, Bangladesh.

Craftsman at work in a workshop in Marrakesh, Morocco.

Large male Drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus) cooked at a bushmeat market; Malabo, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea

Aerial view of people enjoying the New fish market, Chattogram province, Bangladesh.

Mawlamyine (Mawlamyaing, Moulmein), primitive road construction, grit scattered at bitumen asphalt, Mon State, Myanmar (Burma)

Corrugated tin shacks housing migrant workers in Koh Chang, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Dhobi Ghat, open laundry run by Mumbai Municipal Corporation Washer men, Mahalakshmi, Bombay now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India India Copyright: xVxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

Factory workers' homes in Chongjin, the capital of North Korea's North Hamgyong Province and the country's third largest city.

Leather Production Site A view of a very difficult and unpleasant process in preparing leather sections Copyright: xZoonar.com/SRSImagesx 21517346

Workers on a bamboo scaffolding, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Asia

Washer men wash clothes in dirty waters and dry them on railway tracks at Dharavi in Bombay now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Quarter of the tanneries Fez Morocco

Coffee washing station, Rutsiro district, Northern province, Rwanda

Aluminium foundry in Ambatolampy, Antsirabe, Central Madagascar, Africa

Vietnam. Clothes And Rice Drying In Courtyard

Men in front of corrugated-iron huts, build market stall of metal scrap, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Africa

People filling water in plastic drums from water tanker, Bhiwandi, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

PUSHKAR, INDIA - NOVEMBER 20, 2012: Street vendor makes sugarcane juice by crushing peeled sugar cane in a mill in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

Workers on a ship-breaking yard in Bangladesh

A man repairing a moped at the Souk at the Medina of Marrakesh, South Morocco, Morocco, Africa

FES, MOROCCO, ARIL 10, 2023, Famous tannery in the medina of Fes, where leather is being processed for generations, Morocco, Africa

Electronics recycling in New Delhi, India

People filling water in plastic drums from water tanker, Bhiwandi, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

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