Jeff Rotman / Peter Kass of John's Bay Boats, still builds some of the finest wooden lobster boats. South Bristol, Maine, USA, January 2017. Model released.

Tom Gilks / Economic migrant from rural areas working on construction site, Nairobi, Kenya, November 2013.

Tom Gilks / Economic migrant from rural areas working on construction site, Nairobi, Kenya, November 2013.

Tom Gilks / Economic migrants from rural areas working on construction site, Nairobi, Kenya, November 2013.

Tom Gilks / Economic migrants from rural areas working on construction site, Nairobi, Kenya, November 2013.

TJ Rich / Mine workers dredging for gemstones, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, December 2012.

TJ Rich / Miner panning for gemstones, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, December 2012.

TJ Rich / Miners panning for gemstones, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, December 2012.

TJ Rich / Rough gemstones in hand of miner, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, December 2012.

TJ Rich / Miners sorting gravel while panning for gemstones, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, December 2012.

TJ Rich / Miner panning for gemstones, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, December 2012.

TJ Rich / Gemstone miner preparing to descend mine shaft with only candles for light and no safety equipment. Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, December 2012.

TJ Rich / Gemstone miner holding bowl of tea, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, December 2012.

Martin Gabriel / Sur, a city at the coast of Oman, with mosques and a traditional dock for the construction of wooden boats, Sultanate of Oman, February.

Kristel Richard / Shetland pony is led by a miner, at Beamish, the North of England Open Air Museum, near Stanley, County Durham, England, United Kingdom. September 2016.

Kristel Richard / A Shetland pony, in full mining harness, is led by a miner, at Beamish, the North of England Open Air Museum, near Stanley, County Durham, England, United Kingdom. September 2016.

Kristel Richard / Shetland pony, in full mining harness, is led by a miner, at Beamish, the North of England Open Air Museum, near Stanley, County Durham, England, United Kingdom.

Kristel Richard / A lead miner leading his Dales pony out of a gallery, at Killhope Museum, near Cowshill, Upper Weardale, County Durham, England, UK, August. Critically endangered horse breed.

Kristel Richard / Two lead miners leading two Dales ponies, in front of the waterwheel, at Killhope Museum, near Cowshill, Upper Weardale, County Durham, North Pennines, England, UK, August 2016. Critically Endangered...

Kristel Richard / A lead miner and his Dales pony, in front of the waterwheel, at Killhope Museum, near Cowshill, Upper Weardale, County Durham, England. Critically Endangered breed.

Kristel Richard / A lead miner leading his Dales pony, at Killhope Museum, near Cowshill, Upper Weardale, County Durham, England, UK, August. Critically endangered horse breed.

Kristel Richard / Two men drive their Dale pony, near Barnard Castle, County Durham, England, UK, July 2016. Critically endangered breed.

Kristel Richard / A lead miner and his Dales pony, at Killhope Museum, near Cowshill, Upper Weardale, County Durham, England, UK, August 2016. Critically endangered breed.

Kristel Richard / A lead miner and his Dales pony, at Killhope Museum, near Cowshill, Upper Weardale, County Durham, England, UK, August 2016. Critically endangered breed.

Nick Turner / Rural blacksmith at work, Cherington Forge, Cherington, Gloucestershire, UK. September 2015.

Nick Turner / Rural blacksmith at work, Cherington Forge, Cherington, Gloucestershire, UK. September 2015.

Nick Turner / A rural blacksmith at work, Cherington Forge, Cherington, Gloucestershire, UK. September 2015.

Nick Turner / Rural blacksmith at work, Cherington Forge, Cherington, Gloucestershire, UK. September 2015.

Constantinos Petrinos / One of the last two farriers on Spetses island kneels down in order to place shoeing horse, whilst farmer assists him by holding the horse's leg. No cars are allowed on the island, so horses are used...

Kirkendall-Spring / Detail of the blacksmith shop in Fort Nisqually, a replica of a Hudson Bay Outpost in Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, Washington, USA, April 2015.

Pete Oxford / Assamese blacksmith. Assam. North East India, October 2014.

Tom Gilks / Technicians installing panels in one of East Africa's largest Solar farms, Rwamagana District, Rwanda. July 2014. Model released.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Workers with cut Sisal (Agave sisalana) outside factory, used for manufacturing rope. Berenty, south Madagascar. March 2005.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Worker carrying cut Sisal (Agave sisalana) used for manufacturing rope. Berenty, south Madagascar. March 2005.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Worker with Sisal (Agave sisalana) fibres, used for manufacturing rope. Berenty, south Madagascar. March 2005.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Sisal (Agave sisalana) fibres in factory, used for manufacturing rope. Berenty, south Madagascar. March 2005.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Worker in factory with cut Sisal (Agave sisalana) used for manufacturing rope. Berenty, south Madagascar. March 2005.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Worker in factory with cut Sisal (Agave sisalana) used for manufacturing rope. Berenty, south Madagascar. March 2005.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Woman weeding in a field of Green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) on commercial farm. The woman wears traditional clothing, a 'kitenge', wrapped around her. Tanzania, East Africa. December 2010.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Men cutting down the dried stalks of harvested baby Corn (Zea mays) for cattle fodder, irrigation system visible in the background. Commercial farm, Tanzania, East Africa. September 2011. Model releas...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Women weeding in a Green bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) field on a commercial farm. The women wear traditional clothing ('kangas' and 'kitenge'). Tanzania, East Africa. August 2011.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Woman weeding in a Green bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) field on a commercial farm. Tanzania, East Africa. August 2011.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Women weeding in a Green bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) field on a commercial farm. Tanzania, East Africa. August 2011.

Pete Oxford / Two Tea pickers carrying baskets on back picking tea, Kibale, Uganda. February, 2023.

Will Watson / Romanesque carving of The Green Man, carved in the middle ages, St. Michael's Church, Garway, Herefordshire, England, UK.

Will Watson / Representation of Lion's (Panthera leo) head with raised paw representing evil on Eardisley Font, carved in the mid 12th century in the Romanesque style, Herefordshire, England, UK.

Will Watson / Depiction of Christ rescuing fallen Adam with 'Sacred Bird' perched on his shoulder on Eardisley Font, carved in the mid 12th century in the Romanesque style, Herefordshire, England, UK.

Doug Allan / Sponge (Porifera sp.) with Red banded cleaner shrimps (Stenopus hispidus) inside, Raja Amat Marine Reserve, Indonesia, Ceram Sea.

Nigel Cattlin / Man working in a white marble quarry, surrounded by towering slabs of rock, Carrara, Tuscany, Italy. July.

Nigel Cattlin / Man working in a white marble quarry, surrounded by towering slabs of rock, Carrara, Tuscany, Italy. July.

Neil Aldridge / Conversion of traditional stone-walled barns, here earmarked for development, into countryside homes, Cornwall, England. December.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Kosta Serotetto, labourer working in Yar-Sale, Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia. 2021. Kosta was born into a family of reindeer herders in 1987. After school he worked as a reindeer herder, before giving up...

Pete Oxford / Deaf workers, in metal factory, making metal artefacts for tourist industry, Antananarivo, Madagascar. October 2018.

Pete Oxford / Deaf worker, in metal factory, making metal artefacts for tourist industry, Antananarivo, Madagascar. October 2018.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Woman laying bricks for car park,.Guangdong province, China. November 2015.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Shipyard for building and renovation traditional wooden fishing boats, in the fishing harbour of Wai Luo Gang, Guangdong province, China November 2015.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Shipyard for building and renovation traditional wooden fishing boats, in the fishing harbour of Wai Luo Gang, Guangdong province, China November 2015.

Wendy Shattil / Border wall constuction through the Sonoran Desert. View from Sonoyta, Mexico towards Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona, USA. November 2019.

Wendy Shattil / Border wall construction, view from Sonoyta, Mexico towards Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona, USA. November 2019.