[Theme] Post your invisible people

[tommiejeep]

Those people that are essential to society but people normally do not  notice unless there is a problem. 
Dustmen and their truck  .  I shoot street sweepers, garbage men, traffic wardens, firemen etc, where ever I visit.  These guys (and women) are a new thing in Goa, only been happening for a couple of years 

D750,80-400 afs on a hot , bright morning



and the women on a break.... they coolect rubbish in the bags then take it to the truck 

Df,58 1.4G shot from the driver's seat of the jeep

Just playing with CNX2 and Nik in B&W but a serious thought 
Tom
I bet many of your have some pretty high-tech Rubbish collection 

[Gary]

I appreciate your vision includes those that are invisible to others. Are they collecting the trash looking to glean some money by recycling ... are they under the employment to clean the roads ... are they just concerned citizens and desire a clean street? What are the dynamics of their actions.

[tommiejeep]

They are employed by a Contractor.  They go to a central sorting location and the Dump Trucks take the waste to dumps.  Organized Waste Management is a relatively new thing in Goa  .
Shooting the Dog Catchers is more interesting  .

When I was in San Diego in 1990, staying with a friend in Point Loma, it was a real challenge for me to get everything into the right coloured Bin (I did get told off a couple of times  ) .

Tom

[armando_m]

First shot is brilliant !

[Gary]

They are employed by a Contractor.  They go to a central sorting location and the Dump Trucks take the waste to dumps.  Organized Waste Management is a relatively new thing in Goa  .
Shooting the Dog Catchers is more interesting  .

When I was in San Diego in 1990, staying with a friend in Point Loma, it was a real challenge for me to get everything into the right coloured Bin (I did get told off a couple of times  ) .

Tom

Waste management is acurally a very interesting subject. I was a Los Angeles Environmental Commissioner and played around quite a bit with waste/recycling.

[Anirban Halder]

I very much like the first shot.

[Olivier]

Nepal, April 2003.

First image: you asked for "invisible people", right? Anyway I could only see their incredible burdon.

All shot with my first digital camera, Olympus C3030z.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Conditions are different, but manual labour is involved most places. By the "invisible" work force.

Literally "invisible" in the case presented below as this was before daybreak at winter and I had to use an experimental 'night-light' setup to record anything in the total darkness. Worked, but not in terms of output quality so I quickly abandoned the idea for future experiments.

[tommiejeep]

Olivier, I can only image the loads from the Everest clean up  .  Here live chickens are delivered by scooters (very funny from the rear  ) but I guess by foot is the only way in the mountains.
Tom

[tommiejeep]

The thread was not to be about rubbish only  .  I'll have to go through my disorganized Smugmug and find some of the funny "lovely Rita, Meter Maid" images  .
This is the Df,Sigma 35 1.4 Art

Tom

[Alex Cejka]

People behind the kitchen:

[Bjørn Rørslett]

The officer with the laser device "sees" you although invisible at the time when you break the limit. Just pay and smile.

[Jakov Minić]

Allow me to offer one of my sharpest images of an invisible fisherman

[Gary]

Citrus Picker
Upland, California

[Kitanikkor]

India, 9/2015....