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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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  • 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 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 - 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 - 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 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 - 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 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 - 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 - The son of a supervisor talks on his walkie-talke, supervising the labourers. His job is to ensure that none of the ship's fittings 'disappear' from the site...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 - 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 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 - 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 />
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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 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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  • 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 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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.
    BD00-078.jpg
  • 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 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 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 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 - 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 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 - 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 - 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 (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 labourer lights his gas-cutter during sunset 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 - A labourer pushes 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 MADHOM BIBIR HAT 6MARB05 - Labouroers break valves at one of the many secondary businesses selling hardware recovered from shipbreaking yards at Badhom Bibir Hat outside Chittagong, Bangladesh. <br />
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  • CHINA HUBEI PROVINCE THREE GORGES DAM MAY99 - Construction materials are lowered by a crane along the wall of the Three Gorges Dam. Seven large cities, including Chongquing, and thousands of villages will be submerged once the water level rises after the completion of the controversial Three Gorges Dam project further downriver. The flooding of areas reaching back more than 550Km upriver will require the evacuation and resettlement of more than 10 million people.  jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac
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  • CHINA HUBEI PROVINCE THREE GORGES DAM MAY99 - A view on the construction site of the Three Gorges Dam. Seven large cities, including Chongquing, and thousands of villages will be submerged once the water level rises after the completion of the controversial Three Gorges Dam project further downriver. The flooding of areas reaching back more than 550Km upriver will require the evacuation and resettlement of more than 10 million people.  jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac. © Jiri Rezac 1999. . 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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  • CHINA HUBEI PROVINCE THREE GORGES DAM MAY99 - A view on the construction site of the Three Gorges Dam. Seven large cities, including Chongquing, and thousands of villages will be submerged once the water level rises after the completion of the controversial Three Gorges Dam project further downriver. The flooding of areas reaching back more than 550Km upriver will require the evacuation and resettlement of more than 10 million people.  jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac. . © Jiri Rezac 1999. . Tel:   +44 (0) 7050 110 417. Email: info@jirirezac.com. Web:   www.jirirezac.com. © Jiri Rezac 1999. . 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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  • CHINA SICHUAN PROVINCE CHONGQUING MAY99 - Dockworkers return from a ferry at the shore of the Yangtse river where it merges with the Jailing river at Chongquing. Seven large cities, including Chongquing, and thousands of villages will be submerged once the water level rises after the completion of the controversial Three Gorges Dam project further downriver. The flooding of areas reaching back more than 550Km upriver will require the evacuation and resettlement of more than 10 million people.  jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac. © Jiri Rezac 1999. . 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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  • CHINA SICHUAN PROVINCE CHONGQUING MAY99 - A woman stands at the Chaotianmen docks by the shore of the Yangtse river where it merges with the Jailing river at Chongquing. Seven large cities, including Chongquing, and thousands of villages will be submerged once the water level rises after the completion of the controversial Three Gorges Dam project further downriver. The flooding of areas reaching back more than 550Km upriver will require the evacuation and resettlement of more than 10 million people.  jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac. © Jiri Rezac 1999. . 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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  • CHINA SICHUAN PROVINCE CHONGQUING MAY99 - People stand on the shore of the Yangtse river where it merges with the Jailing river. Seven large cities, including Chongquing, and thousands of villages will be submerged once the water level rises after the completion of the controversial Three Gorges Dam project further downriver. The flooding of areas reaching back more than 550Km upriver will require the evacuation and resettlement of more than 10 million people.  jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac. © Jiri Rezac 1999. . 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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  • CHINA HUBEI PROVINCE THREE GORGES DAM MAY99 - A view on the construction site of the Three Gorges Dam. Seven large cities, including Chongquing, and thousands of villages will be submerged once the water level rises after the completion of the controversial Three Gorges Dam project further downriver. The flooding of areas reaching back more than 550Km upriver will require the evacuation and resettlement of more than 10 million people.  jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac. . © Jiri Rezac 1999. . Tel:   +44 (0) 7050 110 417. Email: info@jirirezac.com. Web:   www.jirirezac.com
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  • CHINA HUBEI PROVINCE THREE GORGES DAM MAY99 - A view on the construction site of the Three Gorges Dam. Seven large cities, including Chongquing, and thousands of villages will be submerged once the water level rises after the completion of the controversial Three Gorges Dam project further downriver. The flooding of areas reaching back more than 550Km upriver will require the evacuation and resettlement of more than 10 million people.  jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac. . © Jiri Rezac 1999. . Tel:   +44 (0) 7050 110 417. Email: info@jirirezac.com. Web:   www.jirirezac.com
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  • CHINA HUBEI PROVINCE YANGTSE RIVER MAY99 - The sun rises above the Yangtse river through layers of early morning mist. Seven large cities, including Chongquing, and thousands of villages will be submerged once the water level rises after the completion of the controversial Three Gorges Dam project further downriver. The flooding of areas reaching back more than 550Km upriver will require the evacuation and resettlement of more than 10 million people.  jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac
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  • CHINA SICHUAN PROVINCE WANXIAN MAY99 - Ferries clog up the port at Wan Xian on the shores of the Yangtse river. Seven large cities, including Chongquing, and thousands of villages will be submerged once the water level rises after the completion of the controversial Three Gorges Dam project further downriver. The flooding of areas reaching back more than 550Km upriver will require the evacuation and resettlement of more than 10 million people.  jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac
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  • CHINA SICHUAN PROVINCE CHONGQUING MAY99 - Dockworkers take a cigarette break at the shore of the Yangtse river where it merges with the Jailing river at Chongquing. Seven large cities, including Chongquing, and thousands of villages will be submerged once the water level rises after the completion of the controversial Three Gorges Dam project further downriver. The flooding of areas reaching back more than 550Km upriver will require the evacuation and resettlement of more than 10 million people.  jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac
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  • CHINA SICHUAN PROVINCE THREE LITTLE GORGES MAY99 - A local boat lands at a beach at the Three Little Gorges, a famous landmark along the journey down the Yangtse river. Seven large cities, including Chongquing, and thousands of villages will be submerged once the water level rises after the completion of the controversial Three Gorges Dam project further downriver. The flooding of areas reaching back more than 550Km upriver will require the evacuation and resettlement of more than 10 million people.  jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac
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