Informal plastic waste industry community called Lahartara. Group of workers in front of living space are left to right: Zakir Seikh, Heena Bibi, Parveen Bibi, Bhalo Bibi, Alamin Seikh, and Suck Seikh. They moved a bit in and out of this order but the rel

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Informal plastic waste industry community called Lahartara. A worker lifts a heavy load of plastic from his cart on to the street in front of where everyone lives.

Copyright: RANDY OLSON
Image Size: 6720x4480 / 28.8MB
Keywords: asia, backlit, color image, day, environmental issues, garbage, incidental people, india, varanasi, land pollution, outdoors, photography, rubbish, silhouettes, trash, trash pickers
Contained in galleries: Plastic or Planet? National Geographic magazine 3/2018

Randy Olson, Melissa Farlow Photography