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Onion Harvesters, Deming, NM, 2015

Artwork by Caleb Jagger

Series: Praise for Those in the Field

Digital asset size: 3500 x 3000 pixels

Praise for Those in the Field is a collection of photographs documenting the workers that hand harvest fruits, vegetables, and herbs that supply the diets of million of people.  In the vein of the American Farm Security Administration of the 1930s and 1940s, I wanted to bring this somewhat alienated, forgotten community of laborers, that so many of us depend on, into the light of day.  
	Captured during the act of harvesting, these close-up portraits and sweeping landscapes, depict the unique tools used, the depths of the vegetation, and the clothing needed to protect the workers from the mud, moisture, and sun.  The best way I know how to praise these essential workers is to photograph them and bring them into the public eye so they do not get lost in the ether.  