15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
A couple working in a Brick Kiln

In India, brick kilns employ more than 23 million workers.Most of the workers are largely landless Adivasi tribal who are forced to work at kilns for half the year to pay their debt. This family came from Jharkhand to work in West Bengal and will stay whole winter in a small tent.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 11.2017
Date Uploaded: 11.2017
Photo Location: Bankura, India
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Copyright: © Natasha Mandal