"A Bangladeshi boy works in a shipbuilding factory in down town. These factories employ young boys as apprentices without pay for the first few years. They work in extreme conditions without safety tools like gloves, goggles, and other protective gears. In exchange, they learn the skills of the trade. But this costs them loss of health and education. In Bangladeshi child work lad is under 18th years child don't work in any work site. But no body else to see them and no security in their life. "
Nearly twice as many photos were submitted this year as last year (189 vs 118) and 3,203 of you voted to choose a winner from a shortlist of five great photos.
Here is the photo you selected by a wide margin to be the Labour Photo of the Year:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kmasad/3951175816/
Please feel free to congratulate the winner. You can use the comment feature on Flickr to do so (but you must sign up to Flickr first to do so).
If you wish to use this photo (or any on the shortlist) on your union website or magazine, please make sure to get the permission of the photographer.
I'd like to congratulate the winner, the four runners-up (you can still see their photos on http://www.labourstart.org/lpoty) and all those who submitted photos.
I also want to thank Derek Blackadder for coordinating this effort, and the three judges -- all outstanding photographers themselves -- Mac Urata, David Bacon and Gretchen Donart.
I encourage all of you who take photos, or have an interest in photos, to join the more than 500 trade unionists who are already part of the union photographers' group on Flickr, here:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/union/
Eric Lee
Monday, November 02, 2009
Labour Photo of the Year 2009 - and the winner is ... "Manual labour"
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Focusing on Fort Liard
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Daron Letts
Northern News Services
Published Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009
ACHO DENE KOE/FORT LIARD - Youth in Fort Liard captured hundreds of digital photographs of their community earlier this month.
 Michael Needlay flashes the peace sign in this image shot by Blair Kotchea during the Frozen Eyes Photographic Society's youth digital camera workshop in Fort Liard. - photo courtesy of Blair Kotchea |
The young artists participated in a Frozen Eyes Photographic Society workshop series from Aug. 3 to Aug, 9.
"It was probably the most successful program that I had run in terms of engaging the older kids because they're a difficult group to interest in much," said recreation co-ordinator, Roslyn Firth. "But, they participated in numbers greater than I'd ever imagined and produced some really beautiful photographs."
Society members David Pritchard and George Lessard of Yellowknife led the workshops. The pair brought 12 cameras and other specialized equipment to share with the youth. Pritchard opened the workshop with an instructional introduction to the cameras and the art of photography. [. ..]
The workshop series was sponsored by the NWT Arts Council. The society may return to the community to lead another workshop series soon.
The society formed in 2008 with the goal of providing hands-on photographic experience for young people throughout the NWT. Society members have provided similar workshops in several communities around the territory.
"I would like them to come back in the fall," Firth said.
An exhibit of the young photographers' work goes on display at 7 p.m., Sept. 3, in the cultural room at the Hamlet and band offices. The photographers will attend the event.