Salt of the Earth by Shraddha Borawake

Salt of the Earth

by Shraddha BorawakePosted on April 26, 2012October 23, 2012

Stone breakers, cement mixers, home makers—scenes from a housing boom.

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Construction site and workers in an underground structure (in black and white).

Mallet hitting a rock held down by a foot (in black and white).

Women holding woven baskets on their heads (in black and white).

Head, arm and basket up close of woman holding a basket on her head in a line of women (in black and white).

Screen in focus with a person holding an ax behind the screen, out of focus (in black and white).

Construction site ground with a person's legs in the distance (in black and white).

Up-close portrait of a woman carrying a basket on her head (in black and white).

Body and feet of someone curled up on pebbled ground (in black and white).

Worker with a bucket hat and large gloves working on a construction site (in black and white).

Young girl looking on next to a pile of slate rocks (in black and white).

Pregnant woman standing in an archway with the sun shining off her baby bump (in black and white).

Muddy feet of a person wearing sandals standing on a dock (in black and white).

Close-up of the hands of people inspecting a pile of rocks (in black and white).

Back of the head of a person carrying a something wrapped in cloth on their head (in black and white).

"Salt of the Earth" was exhibited in the Gallatin Galleries in 2011 and published in the fall 2011 volume of the Journal of Global Affairs.