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BUILDING A NEW WORLD

19 year old brick factory worker, Rahima, poses for a picture holding hands with her young child, together with brother and husband at the site of her work in Baliarpur, Dhaka. Because workers are paid according to the number of bricks they produce, the work attracts whole families: from the grandfather to the grandson of a few years. A pair of extra hands, even when they belong to children, are always useful. Once in a while Rahima finds the time to sit above a stack of bricks to breastfeed her baby. A magic moment of quiet and peace in between the infernal heat that radiates the furnace and the fine dust that sticks to their skin.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 03.2017
Date Uploaded: 11.2017
Photo Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Copyright: © Mauro De Bettio