Photographing people at work

March 10th, 2011
There has been discussion elsewhere about the ethics of putting up photographs of people, but one aspect of photography I particularly enjoy is 'People at Work', taken with their full co-operation but not posed. Here is one of mine taken this week and I would be interested to see others on a similar theme. I also think collages can work well in this type of subject!

March 10th, 2011
@wordpixman beautiful shot
March 10th, 2011
I agree. I have several such pictures. Even the ones that might look humiliating were with the consent and pride of the people involved (garbage truck workers for instance). I have several in my project . Here are two


March 10th, 2011
This is my only shot of working people:



They didn't know I took the picture. The funny thing is they aren't 'working', just looking at a hole.

March 10th, 2011
mostly I have pictures of my husband at work; mainly because I have trouble saying those five little words to a someone else, "May I take your picture?" Here are a couple of mine.





This one is of my son
March 10th, 2011
Well, the one I took they didn't know about.

March 10th, 2011
Nod
He didn't know either. He just came out from behind the wall.

March 10th, 2011
@sparkle @yoelao @viranod @polarvrtx @weshook
Thank you all for adding yours. A geat variety there, and 'Just looking into a hole' (@berend) is quite a popular occupation!
March 10th, 2011
I don`t really have such photos.
Well,I have one,with some men working on a roof,but if was taken from far (about 60 meters)
March 10th, 2011
believe it or not, these are all people at work;







Actors give a lot of variety
March 10th, 2011
Yes, this is making me think about all the different kinds of work, not only manual work! Thank you.
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