My Reading - Dressed in rags like the other miners the subject tests against a post exhausted from his labours. He is one of many hundreds making a bare living from manual extraction of rock that contains gold. In long lines the miners carry their loads from the ground for processing. The mining company need not invest in equipment when there is a plentiful supply of cheap labour. Showing the men working like ants in desperate conditions, the author seeks to alert the authorities to their plight and bring about change.
Val Williams - this image uses form texture and mass to create a sense of drama. The central figure is an individual, graceful and enigmatic.I read the theme correctly but overlooked the method employed to project it's message.
The great chartist meeting W.E Wilburn
Breaker Boys in a coal mine, Lewis Hine
Construction site of the Fergana Grand Canal, Max Alpert
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