A man is moving a heavy load of half-processed leather on arrival from a different unit, to a new plant for further processing. Knowing whether children were employed in the process is the real challenge when outsourcing leather in Jajmau.
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India: Productive Lives
Productive Lives is a series focusing on the socio-environmental exploitation in Jajmau Industrial Area, near Kanpur, central Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state and one of its poorest.
"Grown uncontrolled on the banks of the Holy Ganges River, it is renowned for being one of the most important centers for leather in Asia. Its items, produced mostly on commission for international retail empires are widely traded worldwide. Hidden inside many of the tanneries I discovered children collecting skins in dark wet pools; others were bent under the Sun, employed in scraps disposal grounds."
These tanneries, some of which are illegal, exist in a maze of run-down buildings, narrow roads, dumping grounds and sewage drains in Jajmau and they are the focus of Alex Masi's photo reportage India: Productive Lives, now appearing on Gaia Photos.
Gaia Photos is a new international photography source comprised of 41 photojournalists from around the world whose mission is to promote quality and diversity in documentary photography.
Alex Masi is an international journalist and photographer based between London, UK and Mumbai, India. Alex has an instinct for interesting story ideas while pursuing meaning and originality in his work.
He recently received Honorable Mention at Prix des la Photogaphie Paris - Water, and the Redux Scholarship for the Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 2009 in Manali, India.
His work has appeared in various publications including D РLa Repubblica, Le Figaro, El Pais Semanal, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, 'Panorama, Cond̩ Nast Portfolio, Geographical, L' Espresso and Marie Claire among others.
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Photo © Alex Masi All Rights Reserved
India: Productive Lives
Productive Lives is a series focusing on the socio-environmental exploitation in Jajmau Industrial Area, near Kanpur, central Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state and one of its poorest.
"Grown uncontrolled on the banks of the Holy Ganges River, it is renowned for being one of the most important centers for leather in Asia. Its items, produced mostly on commission for international retail empires are widely traded worldwide. Hidden inside many of the tanneries I discovered children collecting skins in dark wet pools; others were bent under the Sun, employed in scraps disposal grounds."
These tanneries, some of which are illegal, exist in a maze of run-down buildings, narrow roads, dumping grounds and sewage drains in Jajmau and they are the focus of Alex Masi's photo reportage India: Productive Lives, now appearing on Gaia Photos.
Gaia Photos is a new international photography source comprised of 41 photojournalists from around the world whose mission is to promote quality and diversity in documentary photography.
Alex Masi is an international journalist and photographer based between London, UK and Mumbai, India. Alex has an instinct for interesting story ideas while pursuing meaning and originality in his work.
He recently received Honorable Mention at Prix des la Photogaphie Paris - Water, and the Redux Scholarship for the Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 2009 in Manali, India.
His work has appeared in various publications including D РLa Repubblica, Le Figaro, El Pais Semanal, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, 'Panorama, Cond̩ Nast Portfolio, Geographical, L' Espresso and Marie Claire among others.
Please Visit Us and view more of Alex Masi's photography.
You can also search for assignment photographers at Gaia Photos, a place to explore and discover the issues facing the diverse population and locations of our world, both near and far.
Please subscribe to our new features page to keep track of new stories too!
John Brown Photojournalist On LIGHTSTALKERS
My Mondo Library Photography
My Photoshelter Photography Archive Homepage
GAIA Photography and Photojournalism
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