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A person using a band saw to cut a piece of wood in a workshop.

Jakob Wandel

A bearded man wearing a beanie, dark jacket, and green pants sits in a mid-century modern style chair, holding a small cup, with a similarly styled table nearby.

Nashville

United States

Tennessee

A man wearing ear protection operates a large table saw to cut wooden planks inside a spacious carpentry workshop.

AnnAnn Puttithanasorn

Texas

Sewing pattern pieces and a measuring tape hang on a hanger hooked onto a rack near a white painted brick wall.

Amber Fletcher

Australia

New South Wales

A side profile of a green industrial hand press machine isolated on a light brown background.

Ewan Mcloughlin

a window washer is scaling the side of a tall apartment building

OchreOchre

A contractor in standard workwear stands in a home undergoing renovations.

An assortment of various types of wood planks and lumber stacked in a carpenter's workshop.

Igor Zacharov

Closeup of a glaziers hands working on glass

a bearded man wearing a beanie and a dark jacket, carefully stitching a piece of leather using a stitching pony in a well-lit workshop with wooden furniture and various tools in the background.

Philippe Degroote

Port de Sóller

Spain

Balearic Islands

From the deck of a boat, a man watches a red marker flag bobbing on the open sea.

A focused woman with blonde curly hair and tattoos works on a garment using a vintage sewing machine in her studio.

A craftsman uses a metal ruler to measure a stack of dark hardwood planks in a woodworking shop.

Lee Morton

Baltimore

Maryland

a young fisherman taking out a crab trap from the ocean

Leah Whitty

Marrakesh

Morocco

Marrakesh-Safi

A close-up of an artisan's hands using a traditional axe-like tool to carefully shape a small piece of tile.

A bearded man in overalls leans forward inside a boat cabin, looking out the window at the sea.

Inca

A close-up shot of a craftsman's hands using a small blue hammer to work on a piece of brown leather.

Stephen J. Morgan

United Kingdom

A close-up view of a vintage industrial machine featuring a three-pronged handle with bright orange knobs.

A construction worker smiling down at the phone in his hands standing near a wooden beam and a skylight

Joshua Thomas

a woodworking lathe covered in wood shavings, with various woodworking tools and unfinished wooden pieces scattered on the workbench in a sunlit workshop.

Grant Puckett

Wisconsin

Gold tracks surrounded by leathersmith tools over a cutting mat in an interior location

A bearded man wearing a beanie, grey shirt, and dark jacket stands at a wooden table, holding a large, unfurled piece of tan leather, with a roll of black leather being unfurled on the table.

Alexandra Adoncello

Kangaroo Valley

A welder wearing a protective helmet and gloves works on a piece of perforated metal in a cluttered workshop.

A woodworker wearing a cap and ear protection carefully marks a piece of lumber with a pencil in his workshop.

Atticus Radley

Person wearing a black glove holds a crafting implement.

TRU COLLECTIVE

Close up of a hand inserting a wooden wedge into a round wooden joint with glue on a light wood surface.

A young woman with curly blonde hair sits at a desk with several sewing machines in her creative workshop.

Liam Edwards

Fez-Meknès

A close-up shot of an artisan's hands using a hammer to shape a piece of copper in a workshop.

Ferreries

A craftsman carefully guides a piece of raw wood through the blade of a band saw in a dusty workshop.

Daniel Brittain

A man's hands gently fold a piece of grey fabric on a wooden surface.

Jackson

Wyoming

A man nailing a horseshoe to a horse's hoof.

Lany Jade

Val-des-Sources

Canada

Quebec

A man with tattooed hands wearing a green jacket and blue cap crouches down to inspect a car tire next to an old vehicle at night.

a man staining a pan handle with a brush

A shoemaker carefully sketches a new shoe design with a pencil onto a yellow last at a cluttered workshop table.

A man with a beard in yellow waterproof overalls stands on the deck of a boat, adjusting his strap with the sea in the background.

Peter Jonker

A worker on a ladder is silhouetted in a narrow, shadowy alley between historic buildings with a patch of sunlight at the end.

Charlotte Jane

A person using a circular saw to cut wood boards

Sóller

An elderly man wearing glasses carefully works on a woodworking project next to a rustic stone wall.

A close-up shot of a person's tattooed hands with jewelry and red nails guiding denim fabric through a vintage Union Special sewing machine.

Detroit

Michigan

A man working on a shoe in a factory

A lobster fisherman throws a trap cage over the side of the ship

A tattooed woman carefully cuts fabric with a rotary cutter on a large wooden table in a sunlit sewing workshop.

GS & Co

Empty workspace for trades or crafts in an interior setting with high key lighting

A man operates an industrial machine in a workshop environment.

A construction worker wearing heavy clothing gloves and a hardhat carrying a sheet of glass

Worker holds ladder while standing near wooden structure used to brace ceiling of room during a remodel.

Man sideways at his workplace with carpenter machines with wood and glues.

A man vacuums a sunlit room with a skylight overhead.

A close-up of an artisan's hands meticulously hand-stitching a piece of brown leather with a needle and thread.

David Freeman

Maine

A fisherman wearing orange waterproof overalls and a black jacket pulls a metal trap out of the water onto his boat.

Francesco Bittichesu

Buenos Aires

Argentina

A window washer cleans the outside of a building while hanging from a rope.

Artà

A craftsman's hands expertly weave a traditional basket from natural plant fibers.

A bearded fisherman wearing yellow overalls stands on the deck of a boat at sea while holding a rope.

A fisherman wearing black overalls and a cap pulls a bucket of water from the sea onto his boat with a mountainous coast in the background.

A woodworker wearing a cap and ear protection uses a pencil to mark a thick wooden plank in his workshop.

A middleaged man in an orange shirt is repairing something in his workshop

Katelyn Perry

Guatemala

A woman in a colorful traditional blouse works on a large wooden weaving loom with white threads stretched across it.

Constance Mariena

A person's hands working on a piece of metal with tools.

Palma

A craftsman carefully shapes a piece of hot, molten glass with metal tongs in a workshop with a fiery furnace in the background.

Clement Signoles

Norway

A person in a hard hat and winter gear leans against the railing on the snowy deck of a boat, captured in a black and white photograph.

Man holding fabric under a sewing machine needle

Lars Borges

Zanzibar

Tanzania

Mjini Magharibi Region

A shirtless worker covered in sand kneels on a beach to scrub the side of a red wooden boat.

A woodworker wearing a cap and ear protection uses a power jointer to smooth a long wooden plank in his workshop.

Nicholas Gould

Germany

A truck loaded with firewood sits in a rural neighborhood with a lush green vineyard covering the hillside in the background.

A close-up shot of an artisan's hands carefully trimming a handwoven wicker basket with small scissors.

A baker uses a scraper to shape individual portions of bread dough on a floured wooden surface.

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