A Pathan awaits his customers for a quick snap with top Bollywood actress. Regardless of what people might say, this man, like many other Pakistanis, have no qualms working with Indian imagery. He is earning his livelihood with honesty.
[Originally posted on 21-Nov-2009 at www.flickr.com/ameerhamza]
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
New Friend Communication
This Eid let us not forget those who sleep on pavements. Let us not be intoxicated by lifeless advertisements. Let us not remain aloof from people who cannot, unlike you, sacrifice.
[Originally posted on 27th Nov, 2009 on www.flickr.com/ameerhamza]
[Originally posted on 27th Nov, 2009 on www.flickr.com/ameerhamza]
Monday, February 8, 2010
Straw boat, Haleji lake
A straw boat moves across the weed filled bank of the Haleji Lake, Sindh province, Pakistan. It is a designated wildlife sanctuary where birds in winter come from Siberia to nest and feed.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Kiln Factory
Kiln worker takes a rest as his fellow workers continue to construct yet another brick tower, as it is known among them.
Kiln work is dangerous, tiring and earns only a pittance to hundreds of workers working there. Some of these workers are bonded labour, out here since last many decades and paying off the circular debt in which their masters have tricked them into. Despite much hard work done by Human Rights Organizations of Pakistan, many still remain bonded including women and children. Women are periodically raped, kept in chains and sometimes even murdered to avoid later legal hassles. These labourers often find no way out to protect their sisters and wives; only sometimes someone runs away into the safe hands of HR offices. Then only media gets to know the tragedies of these people.
As this kiln labour camp looked very legal, I found little resistance in photographing these men. But as the kiln owners still do not follow the mandated Rs.6000 per month, which is the minimum required pay for any type of labour in Pakistan, they still avoid cameras.
Kiln work is dangerous, tiring and earns only a pittance to hundreds of workers working there. Some of these workers are bonded labour, out here since last many decades and paying off the circular debt in which their masters have tricked them into. Despite much hard work done by Human Rights Organizations of Pakistan, many still remain bonded including women and children. Women are periodically raped, kept in chains and sometimes even murdered to avoid later legal hassles. These labourers often find no way out to protect their sisters and wives; only sometimes someone runs away into the safe hands of HR offices. Then only media gets to know the tragedies of these people.
As this kiln labour camp looked very legal, I found little resistance in photographing these men. But as the kiln owners still do not follow the mandated Rs.6000 per month, which is the minimum required pay for any type of labour in Pakistan, they still avoid cameras.
Haleji lake
These boatman on straw boats clean up the weeds at Haleji lake so that the lake is not chocked to death by these oxygen guzzling weed. One labour is given Rs.200 by the contractor employed to do the back breaking work. This project is being look after by the concerned dept. at the lake.
Among the mangroves
Protecting the fragile mangrove system of the Indus Delta is our collective national responsibility. How many of us do it, we know.
You can read more about our mangrove system and what it does for our environment:
http://www.eoearth.org/article/Indus_River_Delta-Arabian_Sea_mangroves
You can read more about our mangrove system and what it does for our environment:
http://www.eoearth.org/article/Indus_River_Delta-Arabian_Sea_mangroves
Crazy about National Geographics
The only reason for uploading this photograph of National Geographic Magazines is that I want to tell National Geographic editors and President that I have learned most of my photography skills by just reading and understanding the text and photographs appearing in these magazines. I have never had any class of either photography or journalism; I have never attended any photography-related workshop.
So, thank you for teaching me photography. Thank you to all the illustrations' editors, thanks to photo editors and text editors and thanks to all photographers who go to extreme lengths to take one, single, defining frame.
So, thank you for teaching me photography. Thank you to all the illustrations' editors, thanks to photo editors and text editors and thanks to all photographers who go to extreme lengths to take one, single, defining frame.
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