23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
Planting Rice

Farm laborers manually transplanting rice seedlings in straight rows on a farm in Sultan Kudarat, Philippines. This is a traditional method of rice farming that is gradually being replaced by mechanical transplanting, leaving farm laborers without a livelihood in rice farming communities.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 06.2024
Date Uploaded: 11.2025
Photo Location: President Quirino, Philippines
Camera: NIKON Z 30
Copyright: © Redick Yacan