Why did Zoriah take photos of child labor in poor countries?
Stunning photos of Child Labor in Bangladesh (pics) (zoriah.net) submitted 5 days ago by peacebob I’ve worked all over Bangladesh. I’ve seen this in person. What is not mentioned here is that many of the children are working because they want/need to work. Often they have no parents and have no other way to survive. It doesn’t make it any easier to accept but it is what it is. Bangladesh is the most impoverished place I have ever been. * permalink * replycancel TyPower 148 points 5 days ago* [+] (114 children) TyPower 148 points 5 days ago* [-] You are totally correct. Many of these children are working because they have to and that means there is something wrong with the state! However, for me, the true value of these photographs is to reveal to people in their comfortable, first world bubble (US, Western Europe, Asia rising) that a world actually exists out there where suffering, the struggle to eat, to survive on a day to day basis, is real! An existence motivated solely by successf
http://www.zoriah.net/blog/2009/04/guest-photographerphotojournalist-gmb-akash-child-labor.html As the first guest contributor to Zoriah.net, I would like to welcome G.M.B. Akash. He has been a friend for several years, is a wonderful person and continually produces some of the most poignant and stunning works of photojournalism in the industry. He is a master of his craft and has won more industry awards than just about anyone. His work not only highlights his technical skills but his humanitarian heart and will be a wonderful addition to this site. In between his posts on this blog I urge all of you to explore his website at gmb-akash.com and enjoy his extraordinary reportage. What follows are the words and images of G.M.B. Akash.] To abolish child labour you have t
From Zoriah: My intention is not only to show the children at work as victims of bad bosses exploiting them, but I want to show the complexity of the situation: The parents who send their little boy to work in a factory because they are poor; the child who has to work to earn a living for the family; the boss of the factory who is being pushed by big garment companies to produce for less money; and the Western consumers as clients who buy cheap clothes. I think it is impossible to abolish child labor completely in Bangladesh in a very short time, but I am sure it is possible to improve the working conditions for the children and to bring more from factory work into the schools. Sources: http://www.zoriah.
