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Brick wall.
Hey y'all, I'd like to apologize for my relative absence and for the quality of this crappy iPhone picture, but I've been hard at work on a project with my friends over at Citizen Brick...stay tuned.
Update: Available now! www.flickr.com/photos/citizenbrick/9477318892/
Barr paving bricks, made by the Barr Clay Company, Streator, Illinois. The company disappeared during the 1920's.
During the early 1900's, many communities had streets paved with bricks like these.
A brick is a block made of clay burnt in a kiln. It is one of the primary building materials known to mankind. Over time, bricks have appeared, gained prominence, lost importance and then come to the forefront again with various styles of architecture. Burnt bricks were used in ancient Indian, Babylon, Egypt and Roman civilizations. They are still being used as filler materials for framework structures as well as to construct load bearing structures. Down the ages, there have been various interesting historic and cultural references to bricks.
Brick kiln labourers form a large portion of workers in the informal sector in India. Workers, who are usually from the poorest sections of Indian society, are recruited against a loan by labour contractor or employer, which they have to repay by working for them. However, as they lose control over the debt and cannot leave until the employer decides when it’s paid off, they cannot realistically leave the ‘employment’. They are bonded labours.
The working and living conditions are sometimes extremely harsh. As workers usually live within the kiln, there are high levels of hazardous substances such as arsenic, burnt plastic and dust. Workers, including children, are frequently injured at work. The average working day consists of 15-16 hours and the great majority of children do not attend school or have any play time. The accommodation is usually overcrowded, commonly with several families living together in one single room, with outdoor toilets.
Kiln workers have little or no knowledge of their basic rights, entitlements and bonded labour prohibitions. Being from the most vulnerable segments of society and lacking organisation, bonded labourers remain “invisible” to the authorities.
Motography Field Trip with the Sackville Photography Club. A great little photo walk through downtown Dartmouth and photographing with my little ol' iPod Touch.