LabourStart’s Photo of the Year: Child Labor in Bangladesh
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Subscribers to the global online labor news service LabourStart selected K.M. Asad’s striking photo of a Bangladeshi boy working in a shipbuilding plant as the Labor Photo of the Year. These factories employ young boys as apprentices without pay for the first few years. They work in extreme conditions without safety tools or other protective gears.
The photo contest is designed to encourage and recognize the talents of worker-photographers around the world while encouraging activists to tell the stories of workers’ struggles in photos. This is the group’s second photo contest. Click here to see the 2009 finalists.
The first prize is a two-year pro account on Flickr.com. The runners-up received a one-year pro account. The finalist photos also are displayed in the art gallery on the Union Island in Second Life.
One Week Left to Enter LabourStart Photo Contest
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There’s still time to enter LabourStart’s 2009 Labour Photo of the Year contest, but you’ll have to act fast: The deadline is Sept. 30. Click here for entry rules.
LabourStart, the global online labor news service, says the contest is designed to encourage and recognize the talents of worker-photographers around the world, and at the same time encourage them to tell the stories of workers’ struggles in photos.
The group’s first photo contest in 2008 drew several thousand entries. (See the winner accompanying this story and click here to see the 2008 finalists.)
First prize is a two-year pro account on Flickr.com. Four runners-up will receive a one-year pro account. The finalist photos will be featured on LabourStart and announced to news service’s 60,000 trade unionist subscribers. They also will be displayed in the art gallery on the Union Island in Second Life.
