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GS & Co

Three men pushing a truck inside a building

Philippe Degroote

Port de Sóller

Spain

Balearic Islands

A male worker in dark overalls pours water from a bucket to clean the deck of a boat.

A fisherman wearing yellow waterproof trousers stands on the wet deck of a boat next to a large, tangled fishing net.

Casey Ng

Hong Kong

From a high angle view, a male worker sorts freshly caught seafood into styrofoam containers on the blue deck of a boat.

Henry Jaine

Queenstown

New Zealand

Otago Region

A high-angle, black and white photograph of a person in a beanie hat using a long-handled tool to work on a dirt path surrounded by dry brush.

Matt Robson

Ireland

A craftsman carefully grinds a piece of metal on a belt sander, sending sparks flying in a dark workshop.

Reed Schick

Knoxville

United States

Tennessee

A woman with tattoos sprays a cleaning solution onto a car windshield, viewed from inside the vehicle on a sunny day.

Jakob Wandel

Nashville

A tattooed blonde woman with curly hair focuses intently while using an industrial sewing machine in a workshop.

Amber Fletcher

Australia

New South Wales

An assortment of sewing and crafting hand tools, including gauges, snips, and awls, neatly arranged on a piece of brown paper.

A carpenter's workshop is filled with woodworking machinery, lumber, and sawdust on the concrete floor.

A fisherman in yellow overalls carefully untangles a fish from a large fishing net while on a boat at sea.

Grant Puckett

Wisconsin

Black man operating a machine indoors

Roman Fox

A worker in coveralls pushing a bucket through an entrance at the Porte Kanazawa building in Japan

Manon Achard

Los Angeles

California

A close-up shot of a person's hand resting on a piece of light-colored wood, covered in fine sawdust.

A craftsman wearing a cap and vest stands over a large sheet of plywood on a CNC machine in a workshop.

Lee Morton

Detroit

Michigan

Man crouches and smiles in a garage beneath a lifted car, surrounded by tools and equipment, working under warm lighting.

Kenvaze Sidhu

back of a tailor seated by the machine with lamp at night

Matt Hall

Margate

United Kingdom

England

The silhouette of a person on a ladder against a building, with out-of-focus tattered ribbons in the foreground.

Ava Grace

Türkiye

In a dimly lit workshop, a craftsman is illuminated by a beam of light as he inspects a uniquely shaped clay vessel, with a Turkish flag visible in the background.

A fisherman in dark overalls works with buoys and a red marker on his wooden boat with a mountainous coastline in the background.

Caterina Nasini

Turin

Italy

Piedmont

A person using tweezers carefully selects a metal letterpress type from a traditional wooden type case.

Artà

Sunlight streams through a small window, illuminating a man as he meticulously crafts a surfboard in a dark, dusty workshop.

Sóller

A carpenter's hand carefully smooths a wooden plank with a sanding block, creating fine shavings in their workshop.

OchreOchre

Two construction workers in work gear stand amidst renovation clutter (table and ladders) in a house under repair.

Valencia

Valencian Community

Two construction workers are busy with the demolition of a building's storefront on a city street.

An elderly male carpenter in a work coat carefully planes the edge of a wooden board with a hand tool.

Two fishermen in overalls stand on a boat and carefully inspect their fishing net with mountains in the background.

Inca

A skilled artisan meticulously stitches brown leather on a shoe using an industrial sewing machine.

Flip Twogood

Moab

Utah

Several old, dusty cars are parked on a gravel lot in front of the blue Sandstone Garage at the base of a red rock canyon.

Annika Kafcaloudis

A man handling a hot object emerging from smoke in an industrial setting

Baltimore

Maryland

A crab fisherman is holding up crabs on a ship

A close-up of a person's weathered hands skillfully weaving a rope handle onto a handmade wicker basket.

Igor Zacharov

Arm resting on a wooden table with work tools

A bearded man in a dark hoodie works at a glowing hot forge in his metalworking workshop.

Melchior Santos

İstanbul

A close-up view of a person's weathered and clasped hands resting, showing the texture of the skin and details of the fingers.

A bearded man wearing a beanie and denim shirt is working with a hot foil stamping machine, carefully positioning a small object for precise stamping, suggesting craftsmanship and attention to detail in a workshop setting.

Pollença

An artisan's hands carefully separate and arrange vibrant orange threads on a large weaving loom.

A close-up of a craftsman's stained hands carefully working on the sole of a brown leather shoe.

A craftsman wearing a plaid shirt and apron uses a hammer to carefully shape a leather shoe on a last.

Jacob Bonifacio

Hand-labeled green metal boxes are organized on shelves for storing various hardware parts.

A man assembling a musical instrument

A carpenter measures a 2x4 in a workshop, a pencil tucked behind their ear and a measuring tape in hand.

Zach Larraz

A collection of vintage Mercedes-Benz cars are parked closely together in a sunny lot with stacks of tires and palm trees in the background.

Son Sardina

A concentrated farrier wearing red gloves and a leather apron diligently works on a horse's hoof outdoors.

Jonathan Elyea

Woman with prescription glasses concentrated molding a clay vase

Nick Bondarev

A man's hands as he uses a ruler to measure material he is cutting on a wooden surface indoors

A smiling blonde woman with tattoos uses an industrial sewing machine to tailor a pair of denim jeans in her workshop.

Ferreries

A woodworker in a brown jumpsuit carefully guides a long piece of wood through a band saw, with sawdust flying in the air.

TRU COLLECTIVE

Close-up of threads running through needles in a weaving machine.

Mauricio Sierra

A woman's hand crafting a clay pot.

William DeSena

Crab cages on the back of a boat in the outdoors during daytime

A skilled artisan is using a specialized sewing machine to stitch a leather shoe sole in a workshop setting.

Allegra D'Agostini

Potter's lathe with a piece of pottery in progress, surrounded by modeling tools.

Katelyn Perry

Morocco

From an overhead perspective, a person's hands meticulously weave threads to create a vibrant, colorful rug.

Palma

A jewelry designer carefully works on a new piece of wire jewelry, referencing hand-drawn sketches on a wooden workbench.

A male baker wearing a face mask weighs a piece of dough on a scale at a floured wooden table, with more dough portions resting nearby.

A close-up of a wooden stool seat and legs resting on a workbench in a workshop with a sanding machine in the background.

Melbourne

Victoria

a few wooden slats with a worn, warm-toned finish, some of which are partially broken.

Skillful woman's hands shaping clay on a potter's wheel.

A carpenter wearing a cap and ear protection checks his smartphone while standing beside a table saw in a woodworking shop.

A craftsman wearing ear protection and a cap marks a piece of wood with a pencil in his busy woodworking workshop.

A fisherman in overalls stands on his boat handling his gear, bathed in the golden light of the sun with mountains in the background.

A focused blonde woman with tattoos on her arms uses an industrial sewing machine in a workshop.

Aaron Tao

Visalia

An auto repair shop and espresso stand with glowing neon signs is captured against a dark teal sky at dusk.

A man with a beard and knit hat uses a press machine at a wooden table in a workshop, surrounded by tools and shelves with various items.

Kasper Løftgaard

Copenhagen

Denmark

Bundles of cables and pneumatic fittings connect to rows of control modules on an industrial automation panel.

A tradesman wearing safety earmuffs and a cap carefully cuts a plank of wood on a table saw in a workshop with the door open to an autumn scene.

Rebecca Newman

Oaxaca

Mexico

colorful flags strung across the front of a bicycle repair shop.

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