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G.M.B. Akash
Main Prize - 2009
To abolish child labour you have to make it visible
Artform: Photography
For the past four years, Bangladeshi photographer G.M.B. has been documenting child labour in his country. The UN Children's Fund believes there are more than 6.3 million working children. Many work long hours in difficult and dangerous conditions for around US$10 a month. G.M.B. snapped photos of the children by sneaking into factories. "Once I took a picture of a seven-year-old boy working in a light bulb factory. His job was to check the bulbs by hanging them on an electric wire without any protection. He had to do this very fast, and any small mistake would have killed him. I only took two pictures before the manager threw me out of the factory. I did not even have the time to ask the boy's name."
Main Prize - 2009
To abolish child labour you have to make it visible
Artform: Photography
For the past four years, Bangladeshi photographer G.M.B. has been documenting child labour in his country. The UN Children's Fund believes there are more than 6.3 million working children. Many work long hours in difficult and dangerous conditions for around US$10 a month. G.M.B. snapped photos of the children by sneaking into factories. "Once I took a picture of a seven-year-old boy working in a light bulb factory. His job was to check the bulbs by hanging them on an electric wire without any protection. He had to do this very fast, and any small mistake would have killed him. I only took two pictures before the manager threw me out of the factory. I did not even have the time to ask the boy's name."
G.M.B. recently won in the Photojournalism category of the PDN PHOTO Annual 2010 organized by Photo District news magazine, USA. Please visit http://www.pdngallery.com/contests/photoannual/2010 for more details.
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"Child labor should be abolished all over the world. And art could be a strong form like photography to protest it."
Mohammed Amin
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