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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 21APR05 - Inga Haag (86), ex-secretary to Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, head of the Abwehr, the German military intelligence service, poses for portraits in her Marylebone apartment. As his secretary, Mrs Haag remembers the Admiral was among German military and civilians involved in a number of major plots against Hitler...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac ..© Jiri Rezac 2005..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile:  +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office:  +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email:   jiri@jirirezac.com.Web:    www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2005 - All rights reserved.
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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 21APR05 - Inga Haag (86), ex-secretary to Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, head of the Abwehr, the German military intelligence service, poses for portraits in her Marylebone apartment. As his secretary, Mrs Haag remembers the Admiral was among German military and civilians involved in a number of major plots against Hitler...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac ..© Jiri Rezac 2005..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile:  +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office:  +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email:   jiri@jirirezac.com.Web:    www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2005 - All rights reserved.
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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 21APR05 - Inga Haag (86), ex-secretary to Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, head of the Abwehr, the German military intelligence service, poses for portraits in her Marylebone apartment. As his secretary, Mrs Haag remembers the Admiral was among German military and civilians involved in a number of major plots against Hitler...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac ..© Jiri Rezac 2005..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile:  +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office:  +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email:   jiri@jirirezac.com.Web:    www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2005 - All rights reserved.
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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 21APR05 - Inga Haag (86), ex-secretary to Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, head of the Abwehr, the German military intelligence service, poses for portraits in her Marylebone apartment. As his secretary, Mrs Haag remembers the Admiral was among German military and civilians involved in a number of major plots against Hitler...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac ..© Jiri Rezac 2005..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile:  +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office:  +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email:   jiri@jirirezac.com.Web:    www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2005 - All rights reserved.
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  • UK ENGLAND WIGAN 9FEB10 - Miss England, Katrina Hodge (22) attends the football match between Premier League clubs Wigan and Stoke City at the VIP section of the Wigan Football stadium. Katrina Hodge is on a week-long tour to promote the beauty pageant and careers at the armed forces in northern England...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • UK ENGLAND WIGAN 9FEB10 - Miss England, Katrina Hodge (22) attends the football match between Premier League clubs Wigan and Stoke City at the VIP section of the Wigan Football stadium. Katrina Hodge is on a week-long tour to promote the beauty pageant and careers at the armed forces in northern England...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • UK ENGLAND MORECAMBE 10FEB10 - Miss England, Katrina Hodge (22) during a local newspaper photo shoot at Morecambe, Lancashire. Katrina Hodge is on a week-long tour to promote the beauty pageant and careers at the armed forces in northern England...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • UK ENGLAND MORECAMBE 10FEB10 - Miss England, Katrina Hodge (22) is interviewed by SPIEGEL-Reporter Dialika Krahe at the Clarendon Hotel in Morecambe, Lancashire. Katrina Hodge is on a week-long tour to promote the beauty pageant and careers at the armed forces in northern England...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • UK ENGLAND MORECAMBE 10FEB10 - Miss England, Katrina Hodge (22) reacts during a local newspaper interview in Morecambe, Lancashire. Katrina Hodge is on a week-long tour to promote the beauty pageant and careers at the armed forces in northern England...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • UK ENGLAND PRESTON 10FEB10 - Miss England, Katrina Hodge (22) during a radio interview at Rock FM in Preston, Lancashire. Katrina Hodge is on a week-long tour to promote the beauty pageant and careers at the armed forces in northern England...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • UK ENGLAND MORECAMBE 10FEB10 - Miss England, Katrina Hodge (22) is interviewed during a radio show on Bay Radio in Morecambe, Lancashire. Katrina Hodge is on a week-long tour to promote the beauty pageant and careers at the armed forces in northern England...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • UK ENGLAND WIGAN 9FEB10 - Miss England, Katrina Hodge (22) poses for photos after a football match at the Premier League club Wigan Athletics at the VIP section of the Wigan Football stadium. Katrina Hodge is on a week-long tour to promote the beauty pageant and careers at the armed forces in northern England...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • UK ENGLAND WIGAN 9FEB10 - Miss England, Katrina Hodge (22) attends the football match between Premier League clubs Wigan and Stoke City at the VIP section of the Wigan Football stadium. Katrina Hodge is on a week-long tour to promote the beauty pageant and careers at the armed forces in northern England...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • UK ENGLAND WIGAN 9FEB10 - Miss England, Katrina Hodge (22) attends the football match between Premier League clubs Wigan and Stoke City at the VIP section of the Wigan Football stadium. Katrina Hodge is on a week-long tour to promote the beauty pageant and careers at the armed forces in northern England...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • UK ENGLAND WIGAN 9FEB10 - Miss England, Katrina Hodge (22) poses for photos after a football match at the Premier League club Wigan Athletics at the VIP section of the Wigan Football stadium. Katrina Hodge is on a week-long tour to promote the beauty pageant and careers at the armed forces in northern England...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • UK ENGLAND PRESTON 10FEB10 - Miss England, Katrina Hodge (22) during a photo shoot at the Harris Museum & Art Gallery in Preston city centre, Lancashire. Katrina Hodge is on a week-long tour to promote the beauty pageant and careers at the armed forces in northern England...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • UK ENGLAND MORECAMBE 10FEB10 - Miss England, Katrina Hodge (22) reacts during a local newspaper interview in Morecambe, Lancashire. Katrina Hodge is on a week-long tour to promote the beauty pageant and careers at the armed forces in northern England...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • UK ENGLAND MORECAMBE 10FEB10 - Miss England, Katrina Hodge (22) during a local newspaper photo shoot at Morecambe, Lancashire. Katrina Hodge is on a week-long tour to promote the beauty pageant and careers at the armed forces in northern England...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • UK ENGLAND PRESTON 10FEB10 - Miss England, Katrina Hodge (22) during a photo shoot at the Harris Museum & Art Gallery in Preston city centre, Lancashire. Katrina Hodge is on a week-long tour to promote the beauty pageant and careers at the armed forces in northern England...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • UK ENGLAND PRESTON 10FEB10 - Miss England, Katrina Hodge (22) during a photo shoot at the Harris Museum & Art Gallery in Preston city centre, Lancashire. Katrina Hodge is on a week-long tour to promote the beauty pageant and careers at the armed forces in northern England...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • UK ENGLAND PRESTON 10FEB10 - Miss England, Katrina Hodge (22) during a photo shoot at the Harris Museum & Art Gallery in Preston city centre, Lancashire. Katrina Hodge is on a week-long tour to promote the beauty pageant and careers at the armed forces in northern England...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • UK ENGLAND PRESTON 10FEB10 - Miss England, Katrina Hodge (22) during a photo shoot at the Harris Museum & Art Gallery in Preston city centre, Lancashire. Katrina Hodge is on a week-long tour to promote the beauty pageant and careers at the armed forces in northern England...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • UK ENGLAND PRESTON 10FEB10 - Miss England, Katrina Hodge (22) during a photo shoot at the Harris Museum & Art Gallery in Preston city centre, Lancashire. Katrina Hodge is on a week-long tour to promote the beauty pageant and careers at the armed forces in northern England...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • UK ENGLAND PRESTON 10FEB10 - Miss England, Katrina Hodge (22) performs a publicity stunt with a paintball gun at Rock FM in Preston, Lancashire. Katrina Hodge is on a week-long tour to promote the beauty pageant and careers at the armed forces in northern England...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • UK ENGLAND PRESTON 10FEB10 - Miss England, Katrina Hodge (22) performs a publicity stunt with a paintball gun at Rock FM in Preston, Lancashire. Katrina Hodge is on a week-long tour to promote the beauty pageant and careers at the armed forces in northern England...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • UK ENGLAND PRESTON 10FEB10 - Miss England, Katrina Hodge (22) performs a publicity stunt with a paintball gun at Rock FM in Preston, Lancashire. Katrina Hodge is on a week-long tour to promote the beauty pageant and careers at the armed forces in northern England...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
    Miss_England03.jpg
  • UK ENGLAND PRESTON 10FEB10 - Miss England, Katrina Hodge (22) performs a publicity stunt with a paintball gun at Rock FM in Preston, Lancashire. Katrina Hodge is on a week-long tour to promote the beauty pageant and careers at the armed forces in northern England...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • UK ENGLAND LONDON 21APR05 - Inga Haag (86), ex-secretary to Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, head of the Abwehr, the German military intelligence service, poses for portraits in her Marylebone apartment. As his secretary, Mrs Haag remembers the Admiral was among German military and civilians involved in a number of major plots against Hitler...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac ..© Jiri Rezac 2005..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile:  +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office:  +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email:   jiri@jirirezac.com.Web:    www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2005 - All rights reserved.
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  • UK ENGLAND WIGAN 9FEB10 - Miss England, Katrina Hodge (22) is interviewed by SPIEGEL-Reporter Dialika Krahe as she attends the football match between Premier League clubs Wigan and Stoke City at the VIP section of the Wigan Football stadium. Katrina Hodge is on a week-long tour to promote the beauty pageant and careers at the armed forces in northern England...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • UK ENGLAND PRESTON 10FEB10 - Miss England, Katrina Hodge (22) during a photo shoot at the Harris Museum & Art Gallery in Preston city centre, Lancashire. Katrina Hodge is on a week-long tour to promote the beauty pageant and careers at the armed forces in northern England...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • UK ENGLAND MORECAMBE 10FEB10 - Miss England, Katrina Hodge (22) is interviewed during a radio show on Bay Radio in Morecambe, Lancashire. Katrina Hodge is on a week-long tour to promote the beauty pageant and careers at the armed forces in northern England...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
    Miss_England21.jpg
  • UK ENGLAND WIGAN 9FEB10 - Miss England, Katrina Hodge (22) attends the football match between Premier League clubs Wigan and Stoke City at the VIP section of the Wigan Football stadium. Katrina Hodge is on a week-long tour to promote the beauty pageant and careers at the armed forces in northern England...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • UK ENGLAND MORECAMBE 10FEB10 - Miss England, Katrina Hodge (22) during a local newspaper photo shoot at Morecambe, Lancashire. Katrina Hodge is on a week-long tour to promote the beauty pageant and careers at the armed forces in northern England...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • UK ENGLAND PRESTON 10FEB10 - Miss England, Katrina Hodge (22) during a photo shoot at the Harris Museum & Art Gallery in Preston city centre, Lancashire. Katrina Hodge is on a week-long tour to promote the beauty pageant and careers at the armed forces in northern England...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2010
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  • BANGLADESH DHAKA 16OCT00 - Lisa wanders around a compound in Gulshan which previously housed the Salvation Army's Orphan home. It was the place from where Lisa had been adopted to the Netherlands in 1975 as she recognised its garden and interior...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Tel/Fax: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..All pictures © Jiri Rezac 2000. All rights reserved.
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  • FRANCE GRANDE SYNTHE 2AUG17 - Iraqi Kurd Ismhel Dishad, 34, formerly an Iraq army corporal stands under a motorway bridge near the unofficial Jungle II camp near Grande Synthe, Dunkirk, northern France.<br />
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He has travelled via Turkey, Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, Germany to reach the camp where he has been stranded for 5 months.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2017
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - The bare feet of a labourer as he stands on a piece of scrap metal. Protective clothing and general health and safety standards at work are virtually unheard of in this accident-prone environment of the ship-breaking yards of Chittagong.<br />
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Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. <br />
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Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2000
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Labourers carry up to half-ton metal plates on their bare shoulders. Due to the heaviness of the plates, they chant rythmic songs to harmonise breathing and walking, a technique already applied by slave-gangs several centuries ago.<br />
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Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. <br />
<br />
Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2000
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Labourers stand in the smoke in front of the remained of two supertankers at the beach of Chittagong.<br />
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Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. <br />
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Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2000
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  • BURMA MEIKTILA MAR95 - A Hindu devotee, a left-behind of an Indian minority that fought with the British Indian army for Burma's freedom during WW II, poses for a photo... jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac. . © Jiri Rezac 1995. . Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417. Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683. Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635. . Email: jiri@jirirezac.com. Web: www.jirirezac.com
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Labourers pull a steel cable through the mud. It is to be attached to giant pieces of metal cut loose from the ship's body to be winched closer to the beaches for further dis-assembly...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Labourers pull a steel cable through the mud. It is to be attached to giant pieces of metal cut loose from the ship's body to be winched closer to the beaches for further dis-assembly...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Labourers carry up to half-ton metal plates on their bare shoulders. Due to the heaviness of the plates, they chant rythmic songs to harmonise breathing and walking, a technique already applied by slave-gangs several centuries ago...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Labourers carry up to half-ton metal plates on their bare shoulders. Due to the heaviness of the plates, they chant rythmic songs to harmonise breathing and walking, a technique already applied by slave-gangs several centuries ago...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Labourers carry up to half-ton metal plates on their bare shoulders. Due to the heaviness of the plates, they chant rythmic songs to harmonise breathing and walking, a technique already applied by slave-gangs several centuries ago...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Labourers carry up to half-ton metal plates on their bare shoulders. Due to the heaviness of the plates, they chant rythmic songs to harmonise breathing and walking, a technique already applied by slave-gangs several centuries ago...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Labourers carry up to half-ton metal plates on their bare shoulders. Due to the heaviness of the plates, they chant rythmic songs to harmonise breathing and walking, a technique already applied by slave-gangs several centuries ago...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Labourers carry up to half-ton metal plates on their bare shoulders. Due to the heaviness of the plates, they chant rythmic songs to harmonise breathing and walking, a technique already applied by slave-gangs several centuries ago...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - General view of a large segment of a vessel being dismantled on the ship-breaking beaches of Chittagong...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Welder with a gas cutter at work on the ship-breaking beaches of Chittagong...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Welders with gas cutters at work on the ship-breaking beaches of Chittagong...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Welders with gas cutters at work on the ship-breaking beaches of Chittagong...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Welder with gas cutters at work on the ship-breaking beaches of Chittagong...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Welders with gas cutters at work on the ship-breaking beaches of Chittagong...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - General view of a large segment of a vessel being dismantled on the ship-breaking beaches of Chittagong...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Labourers break a metal pipe with splints and a sledgehammer on the ship-breaking beaches of Chittagong...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Traces in the mud mark the movements of labourers and heavy objects on the ship-breaking beaches of Chittagong. The smoothness of the mud indicates that a large piece of scap metal has been winched across it not too long ago...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Labourers stand next to heavy anchor on the ship-breaking beaches of Chittagong. The smoothness of the mud indicates that a large piece of scap metal has been winched across it not too long ago...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Labourers carry onto land any loose fittings from a recently beached ship. Doors, furniture and bathroom fittings fetch good prices on local markets and add to the income of the ship-breaking entrepreneurs who are primarily concerned with recycling the scrap metal...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - General view of a recently beached ship. Doors, furniture and bathroom fittings fetch good prices on local markets and add to the income of the ship-breaking entrepreneurs who are primarily concerned with recycling the scrap metal...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Labourers carry onto land any loose fittings from a recently beached ship. Doors, furniture and bathroom fittings fetch good prices on local markets and add to the income of the ship-breaking entrepreneurs who are primarily concerned with recycling the scrap metal...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Labourers push oil-barrels filled with the remainder of ship diesel onto shore. It is one of the first activities once a new decommissioned ship has been beached...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Portrait of a labourer at work on the ship-breaking beaches of Chittagong...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Portrait of a labourer at work on the ship-breaking beaches of Chittagong...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Portrait of (a) labourer (s) at work on the ship-breaking beaches of Chittagong...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Portrait of (a) labourer (s) at work on the ship-breaking beaches of Chittagong...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Portrait of (a) labourer (s) at work on the ship-breaking beaches of Chittagong...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - A group of labourers poses for a portrait during a rare break. Often the under-aged workers experience the greatest hardships, working up to 12 hours a day...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Portrait of (a) labourer (s) at work on the ship-breaking beaches of Chittagong...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Portrait of (a) labourer (s) at work on the ship-breaking beaches of Chittagong...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Gas-cutters dis-assemble metal plates off giant sections of de-comissioned ships. Accidents and explosions are a frequent occurrence in an environment where health and safety standards at work are virtually unheard of...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Gas-cutters dis-assemble metal plates off giant sections of de-comissioned ships. Accidents and explosions are a frequent occurrence in an environment where health and safety standards at work are virtually unheard of...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Footsteps in the mud mark the movements of labourers working on the ship-breaking beaches of Chittagong. The smoothness of the mud indicates that a large piece of scap metal has been winched across it not too long ago...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Labourers remove mud from inside a section of a decommissioned ship. Often the giant pieces of metal winched onto land contain large amounts of sticky mud which needs to me removed prior to dis-assembly...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Labourers stand in the mud in front of giant cut-up pieces of metal, the only remainders of the once-decommissioned vessels.. .Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Two labourers stand at the remainer of the stern of a once-large seagoing vessel...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - The bare feet of a labourer as he stands on a piece of scrap metal. Protective clothing and general health and safety standards at work are virtually unheard of in this accident-prone environment of the ship-breaking yards of Chittagong...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - 7 labourers carry a huge steel block through the mud. It is to be attached to giant pieces of metal cut loose from the ship's body - which will winch it on land for further dis-assembly...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Labourers pull a steel cable through the mud. It is to be attached to giant pieces of metal cut loose from the ship's body - which will winch it on land for further dis-assembly...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Labourers carry up to half-ton metal plates on their bare shoulders. Due to the heaviness of the plates, they chant rythmic songs to harmonise breathing and walking, a technique already applied by slave-gangs several centuries ago...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Labourers tear off a metal plate from the body of a section of a ship after it has been cut loose by gas-cutters...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Labourers carry up to half-ton metal plates on their bare shoulders. Due to the heaviness of the plates, they chant rythmic songs to harmonise breathing and walking, a technique already applied by slave-gangs several centuries ago...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Gas-cutters pause during dis-assembly inside the hull of a decommissioned ship...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Labourers stand in the smoke in front of the remained of two supertankers at the beach of Chittagong...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Labourers carry up to half-ton metal plates on their bare shoulders. Due to the heaviness of the plates, they chant rythmic songs to harmonise breathing and walking, a technique already applied by slave-gangs several centuries ago...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - A labourer passes on a basket of mud to another in a human chain. Often the giant pieces of metal winched onto land contain large amounts of sticky mud which needs to me removed prior to dis-assembly...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Labourers carry onto land any loose fittings from a recently beached ship. Doors, furniture and bathroom fittings fetch good prices on local markets and add to the income of the ship-breaking entrepreneurs who are primarily concerned with recycling the scrap metal...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Labourers carry onto land any loose fittings from a recently beached ship. Doors, furniture and bathroom fittings fetch good prices on local markets and add to the income of the ship-breaking entrepreneurs who are primarily concerned with recycling the scrap metal...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Labourers load doors and loose carpets onto a truck during sunset at the beach of Chittagong. Doors, furniture and bathroom fittings fetch good prices on local markets and add to the income of the ship-breaking entrepreneurs who are primarily concerned with recycling the scrap metal...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Labourers push oil-barrels filled with the remainder of ship diesel onto shore. It is one of the first activities once a new decommissioned ship has been beached...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Labourers push oil-barrels filled with the remainder of ship diesel onto shore. It is one of the first activities once a new decommissioned ship has been beached...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - A labourer pushes an oil barrel in front of a dismantled ocean-going vessel...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH DHAKA 16OCT00 - Lisa wanders around a compound in Gulshan which previously housed the Salvation Army's Orphan home. It was the place from where Lisa had been adopted to the Netherlands in 1975 as she recognised its garden and interior...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Tel/Fax: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..All pictures © Jiri Rezac 2000. All rights reserved.
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  • BANGLADESH DHAKA 11OCT00 - Lisa studies adoption papers presented to her by Mr Moslem Ali Khan, a wealthy businessman who personally handled Lisa's adoption case in 1975. Although Mr Moslem Ali Khan worked very closely with the Salvation Army's child adoption programme for several years (and enjoyed his status as power of attorney), he enjoys a dubious reputation. In the past, he had to defend himself against accusations of child trafficking and kidnapping which remain unresolved to this day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Tel/Fax: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..All pictures © Jiri Rezac 2000. All rights reserved.
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  • FRANCE GRANDE SYNTHE 2AUG17 - Iraqi Kurd Ismhel Dishad, 34, formerly an Iraq army corporal stands under a motorway bridge near the unofficial Jungle II camp near Grande Synthe, Dunkirk, northern France.<br />
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He has travelled via Turkey, Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, Germany to reach the camp where he has been stranded for 5 months.<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2017
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  • FRANCE GRANDE SYNTHE 2AUG17 - Iraqi Kurd Ryan Salah Jabar, 24, displays his Union Jack and 'London' tattooed on his forearm at the unofficial Jungle II camp near Grande Synthe, Dunkirk, northern France.<br />
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He claims to have worked as a translator for the British Army for 5 years and has been in the camp for 3 months. During that time, he attempted to enter the UK by hanging on to the axles of a truck bound for the ferry port and has been detained and subsequently let go by French police several times.<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2017
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  • FRANCE GRANDE SYNTHE 2AUG17 - Iraqi Kurd Ryan Salah Jabar, 24, displays his Union Jack and 'London' tattooed on his forearm at the unofficial Jungle II camp near Grande Synthe, Dunkirk, northern France.<br />
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He claims to have worked as a translator for the British Army for 5 years and has been in the camp for 3 months. During that time, he attempted to enter the UK by hanging on to the axles of a truck bound for the ferry port and has been detained and subsequently let go by French police several times.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2017
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Portrait of (a) labourer (s) at work on the ship-breaking beaches of Chittagong.<br />
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Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. <br />
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Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2000
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Gas-cutters dis-assemble metal plates off giant sections of de-comissioned ships. Accidents and explosions are a frequent occurrence in an environment where health and safety standards at work are virtually unheard of.<br />
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Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. <br />
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Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day.<br />
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jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac<br />
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© Jiri Rezac 2000
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  • BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG MADHOM BIBIR HAT OCT00 - Labourers pull a steel cable through the mud. It is to be attached to giant pieces of metal cut loose from the ship's body to be winched closer to the beaches for further dis-assembly...Several thousand labourers work on one medium-sized (50,000 ton) ship for a period of around three months, until it is completely dismantled and taken apart. ..Since Bangladesh does not possess mineral resources such as iron ore, it works out more cost-efficient to employ a large army of day-labourers to recycle the scrapped ships rather than to import ore. On average, a labourer can expect to earn a little more than 1 US Dollar per day...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 2000..Contact: +44 (0) 7050 110 417.Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 337 683.Office: +44 (0) 20 8968 9635..Email: jiri@jirirezac.com.Web: www.jirirezac.com..© All images Jiri Rezac 2000 - All rights reserved.
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