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Joshua Thomas

a male woodworker with a beard and dark hair, wearing a dark blue work uniform, carefully assembling a light-colored wooden chair in a workshop, with woodworking machinery visible in the background.

Kelsey Smith

United States

Georgia

Abandoned auto parts store with faded signage and cartoon murals, overgrown with tall grass and vines, surrounded by trees under a cloudy sky.

Philippe Degroote

Palma

Spain

Balearic Islands

A baker wearing an apron uses a dough scraper to shape a round loaf of bread on a floured wooden table.

Jakob Wandel

Nashville

Tennessee

A man wearing hearing protection uses a yellow jointer machine to smooth a block of wood in a carpentry workshop.

Port de Sóller

A bearded man in a light t-shirt and shorts bends over to sort freshly caught red fish in a large plastic basin.

GS & Co

Four window cleaners hanging from ropes work on a skyscraper glass facade

A focused woodworker wearing a cap, safety glasses, and ear protection cuts a piece of wood on a table saw in his workshop.

Artà

Illuminated by a single ray of light in a dark workshop, a craftsman wearing a protective mask carefully inspects a new surfboard.

Inca

A close-up shot of a person's weathered hands gently feeling a piece of smooth, brown leather in a dimly lit room.

Johan Knobe

Multiple wooden chairs stacked up in a carpenters workshop

Lee Morton

Male carpenter measures wood with measure tape

A baker rolls out a portion of bread dough on a floured wooden countertop with other dough balls ready in the background.

A craftsperson's hands skillfully operate an industrial machine to stitch a piece of leather for an accessory.

Igor Zacharov

A bladesmith's hand carefully dips a newly forged knife blade into a tall glass of liquid in a rustic workshop.

Ferreries

A close-up of a woodworking machine actively carving a piece of timber, sending wood chips and sawdust flying.

A fisherman on his boat pours a bucket of water over a container of freshly caught fish.

Olena Serzhanova

Kyiv

Ukraine

Kyiv city

A focused female artisan with clay-covered hands carefully shapes the inside of a pitcher in her pottery studio.

A smiling young woman in a workshop setting, dressed in work clothes and surrounded by tools and equipment.

A Japanese saw, a rubber mallet, and several finished wooden legs rest on a rustic, well-used workbench.

Jackson

Wyoming

Farrier works on horse's hoof near large parked vehicle.

A rustic, weathered axe with a wooden handle rests on a tree stump covered in fresh wood shavings.

A fisherman in overalls pulls a rope on the wet deck of a boat as the sun shines brightly behind him.

A carpenter working on a piece of furniture.

A close-up view of a person's hands with protective finger guards, meticulously working with a needle and thread.

Katelyn Perry

Morocco

A close-up view of a person's hands skillfully weaving a thick rope from natural plant fibers.

An artisan baker prepares olive bread, skillfully kneading green olives into the dough on a wooden counter.

Annika Kafcaloudis

Empty carpenter shop displaying tools and materials

OchreOchre

A level bubble in a panel with a hardhat construction worker behind

Diego Contreras

Los Angeles

California

A man in a grey hoodie and a floral beanie crouches among towering stacks of used tires in an outdoor yard.

A fisherman sorts his fresh catch of fish and seafood on the deck of a boat on a sunny day.

Charlie Harris

United Kingdom

England

A close-up of weathered and frayed fishing baskets made of mesh and tied with thick rope.

A workman taking measurement on a cardboard

Male hand chiseling stone

Atticus Radley

A person wearing a thick, worn work glove holds up a dark horseshoe crab by its shell on a boat.

A close-up of a fisherman's strong, weathered hands untangling a fishing net over a dark container.

Alexandra Adoncello

Kangaroo Valley

Australia

New South Wales

A person's hand uses a digital caliper to precisely measure a piece of metal in an industrial setting.

Baltimore

Maryland

A man inspects a forged metal knife blade while sitting on an anvil in a rustcovered apron in an oldfashioned metal shop

Henry Jaine

Queenstown

New Zealand

Otago Region

An overhead view shows a person in a beanie meticulously repairing bicycle components laid out on a blue cloth.

Macon

A classic white sedan and a modern compact car are parked outside a rustic, abandoned garage with a red roof.

A fisherman wearing a cap and waterproof gear hauls a bucket of water from the sea onto his boat.

A fisherman works on his boat, using his hands to pull a fishing net onto a large reel.

Giulio Gröbert

Guatemala

An overhead view of a woman in colorful clothing using a traditional wooden loom to weave with grey thread.

Sophia Sinclair

A close-up of a hat maker's hands shaping a cream-colored fedora on a wooden hat block in their workshop.

Alex Cook

A maintenance worker standing in the office doorway with their right hand on a vacuum handle.

Gabriel Tamez

Japan

Shiga

A close-up of a potter's hands covered in clay as they use a tool to carefully shape a small pot on a spinning potter's wheel.

A focused man wearing a cap and safety earmuffs carefully works with a piece of wood on a jointer machine in a workshop.

TRU COLLECTIVE

Intense flames consume coal in a forge as gloved hands handle tools next to the fire.

Caterina Nasini

Sesto Fiorentino

Italy

Tuscany

A close-up of an artisan's hands carefully using a tool to apply a smudged, dark pattern to a large, white ceramic basin.

Francesco Gioia

A worker's hand carefully applies paint to the trim of a colorful building, viewed through the metal pipes of scaffolding.

A close-up view of a person's hand coated in a white, milky liquid while holding small oval pieces over a vat.

a male woodworker with dark hair and a beard, wearing a denim vest over a dark long-sleeved shirt, focused on operating a lathe that is shaping a piece of wood, generating wood shavings that are visible on his hands and the machine.

A close-up of a worker's hands operating a large blue industrial machine in a manufacturing facility.

Close-up of a craftsman's hands carefully guiding a thick brown leather strap through an industrial sewing machine.

Hands holding an iron tool on a machine in an interior setting

A male woodworker in a cap and vest leans against his workbench in his sunlit workshop.

Julien Jarry

Alaska

A person wearing tall rubber boots stands on a wooden pier, managing the ropes to dock a boat.

Roman Fox

A worker wearing a blue polo shirt and a straw hat stands on a sunny dock holding a long wooden pole.

A man welds metal in a warehouse.

Hermann Diagne

Nuquí

Colombia

Choco

A fisherman wearing a yellow apron and hat carries a large fish across a muddy shoreline with fishing boats moored in the background.

an electrician with gloves and safety glass on working on an electric box indoor

A man with a beard and afro wearing a grey hoodie and a beanie poses for a portrait in front of stacks of tires at an auto shop.

Lauren Withrow

A bucket holds a jumble of brown fishing rope and many upward-facing hooks attached to blue lines

Amber Fletcher

Melbourne

Victoria

A close-up of wooden planks with a joint cut detail.

A woodworker in safety gear uses a large table saw to cut a plank of dark wood inside a workshop with an open garage door revealing an autumn landscape.

a man with gloves on is working on the other side of a dirty window

Jacob Bonifacio

Utah

A man in a workshop uses an angle grinder on a piece of metal, sending a shower of bright sparks into the darkness.

Christian Sorensen Hansen

male potter working on clay indoors

Casey Ng

London

A window cleaner wearing a red helmet rappels down the side of a glass skyscraper, with clouds and a historic tower reflected in the windows.

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