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Philippe Degroote

Palma

Spain

Balearic Islands

A baker wearing an apron works with dough on a wooden table, preparing loaves for baking in baskets.

Omar Eltahan

Cairo

Egypt

Cairo Governorate

An older person with weathered hands carefully weaves a colorful tapestry on a traditional wooden loom.

Lee Morton

An electrician wearing a soldering mask examines a piece of metal.

Annika Kafcaloudis

Man operating a wood machine wearing denim in an industrial setting

Kelsey Smith

United States

Georgia

Auto repair shop at night with two closed garage doors and a lit entrance showing a neon ‘OPEN’ sign, illuminated by overhead lights, with interior fluorescent lighting visible through large glass windows.

Roman Fox

Aerial view of a person wearing an Asian conical hat bundling incense sticks

Ashley Chruszcz

Two fishermen wearing waders work together to pull a large green fishing net through the shallow ocean water.

Liam Edwards

Morocco

Fez-Meknès

A worker in a red shirt stands over large circular vats of dye in a sunlit traditional tannery.

Port de Sóller

A focused fisherman in overalls kneels on the deck of a boat, working with a rope as the sun shines brightly behind him.

Multiverse

An older man with white hair and wearing glass uses a powered tool to precisely cut a piece of wood.

A baker wearing an apron, cap, and face mask skillfully portions bread dough with a scraper on a rustic wooden counter.

Bret Curry

A lit up texaco with a vintage white car inside against a dark night sky

Artà

An artisan's hands carefully weave the final details onto a natural fiber basket.

Lauren Withrow

Woman sits in a woodworking workshop during the daytime.

Man sitting at a table in a shop working as illuminated machines glow behind him

Joshua Cogan

A man in a forest using a chainsaw to chop up a felled tree trunk

Jacob Bonifacio

Utah

A grainy black and white photo shows two classic Triumph convertibles stacked in a busy auto repair garage, with one car elevated on a lift.

Ryan Belk

North Charleston

South Carolina

A blacksmith forges a glowing hot piece of metal with a large industrial power hammer in a workshop.

Jake Ingle

Mechanic working on a car with his tool box on the floor of the garage

Sinziana Velicescu

Mojave

California

Two vintage American cars, one unfinished and the other a custom lowrider, are parked in front of an auto body shop called 'Mercs & More'.

Cedric Terrell

Los Angeles

A young man in military-style clothing inspects the engine of his car with the hood open in a driveway on a sunny day.

Diego Contreras

A man in a grey hoodie and a patterned beanie sits on a stack of tires, surrounded by more tires at a service yard.

Jakob Wandel

Nashville

Tennessee

A woodworker wearing a cap carefully assembles a piece of furniture by fitting a leg into a circular wooden plank.

Atticus Radley

A worker wearing protective gloves secures a thick rope to a metal cleat on the side of a boat as it moves through the water.

Pollença

A close-up of a person's hands guiding vibrant orange and white threads through a traditional wooden weaving loom.

A man wearing safety glasses, earmuffs, and a cap uses a table saw to cut a wooden plank in a workshop.

Aaron Barrera

New York

A man's hands carefully roll a cigar from a tobacco leaf on a rustic wooden board.

A focused woodworker wearing earmuffs and a cap carefully measures a stack of dark wood in his workshop.

Several compressed cylinders are secured in a rack within an industrial workshop.

A craftsman wearing a cap carefully assembles a wooden stool with a mallet at a cluttered workbench in his workshop.

A traditional hat fisherman handles nets next to a boat.

An artisan's skilled hands meticulously weave a colorful pattern on a traditional wooden loom.

Jason Jahnke

Milwaukee

Wisconsin

Woman is sawing a tree branch with a hand saw.

A close-up shot of a worker's hip with a worn leather tool holster holding a pencil and a level.

Aerial view of a person wearing an Asian conical hat working packing bundles of incense sticks

Constance Mariena

Variety of tools and equipment organized on a wall and workbench.

A male fisherman in yellow waterproof overalls holds a large red fishing net against a clear blue sky.

A close-up of an artisan's aged hands meticulously weaving a colorful, traditional carpet on a loom.

Matt Hall

Margate

United Kingdom

England

A man in a tweed cap looks under the hood of a vintage blue car while another person sits in the driver's seat.

Alexandra Adoncello

Kangaroo Valley

Australia

New South Wales

A factory worker meticulously measures a bent piece of sheet metal with a digital caliper next to an industrial press brake machine.

A leather worker in a straw hat treats hides in large stone vats at a traditional sunlit tannery.

A blacksmith hammers a piece of glowing hot metal on an anvil, creating a shower of sparks in a workshop.

Inca

A close-up of a shoemaker's hands using a hammer to carefully craft the sole of a shoe in a workshop.

Bench with several pieces of carpenter's wood with reflections of the late afternoon sun

A fisherman wearing a black shirt works with a large white buoy on a reel while at sea.

A fisherman in yellow overalls sorts through his red fishing net while standing on a boat in the open water.

A skilled shoemaker carefully uses a spinning machine to sand and finish the heel of a leather shoe in their workshop.

Kara Jackson

Scotland

A weathered wooden boat with peeling paint sits on a rocky shore undergoing repairs with a ladder and paint can nearby.

Baltimore

Maryland

A tradesman inspecting his tools in his workshop for his next project

OchreOchre

Construction worker, in gear, strikes a pose.

Arturo Ferrer

Llíria

Valencian Community

Hands of a woman dirty with clay being washed with a sponge

GS & Co

A carpenter measures wood in a workshop

TRU COLLECTIVE

A blacksmith's hammer strikes a glowing piece of metal, sending sparks flying in a fiery environment.

A man in blue overalls sits on metal scaffolding while working on the facade of a bright red building in the sunlight.

A close-up of a person's hands carefully working with the golden threads of a weaving loom.

René Fietzek

An artisan's hand meticulously weaves a patterned textile on a vertical loom, with a focus on the intricate threads.

Sóller

An elderly man with glasses concentrates on his craft, using a hand plane to smooth a wooden board.

A bearded fisherman in a yellow waterproof apron stands on a boat and works on sorting his fishing nets under a clear blue sky.

A man presses a piece of brown leather with a machine while wearing a gray jacket.

A woodworker uses a jointer to smooth a wooden plank in a workshop, sending fine sawdust into the air.

Carpenter measures wood using Tape Measure

Aly Kula

Maine

Lobster traps and coiled ropes sit stacked on the deck of a weathered blue fishing boat docked in dark water.

A man holding a piece of leather at a table mounted punch.

Kyle Niego

A woman in a yellow knit cap and dark overalls uses a marker to measure and mark a wooden plank for a construction project.

A man wearing a brown beanie and a dark jacket holding up a large, light brown piece of leather, with a tag dangling off it, over a wooden table

A beekeeper stands on a hill looking at a hive on a frame in the countryside

Hafiz Faris

Ipoh

Malaysia

Perak

A close-up of a man in a red polo shirt and blue jeans with a black fanny pack, holding a small object in his stained hands.

A man's hands carefully cut a dried tobacco leaf with a knife on a rustic wooden block.

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