Tulips Of Another Kind


  • Photographer
    Omer Sidat
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Company/Studios
    Omer Sidat Photography
  • Date of Photograph
    Dec 12 to 19, 2010
  • Technical Info
    GF1+20mm 1.8 and Olym 50mm 1.2

Child Labor is a plague haunting the streets, markets, and workshops of many third world countries. The children photographed in this series wander the streets of Karachi, Pakistan, as Garbage Collectors during weekdays. Their Sundays are spent at the Sunday Market, where they work to carry the load for shoppers. These children are between the ages of 8 to 14 years, an age suitable for a child to play, study and live freely, none of which is true in the life of these innocent children. They are as delicate as buds of tulips, yet they are, “Tulips of Another Kind”.

Story

Child Labor is a plague which haunts the streets, markets, workshops and factories of many third world countries. According to a recent report, more than 220 million children, aged 5 to 17, are subject to child labor all around the world. It is an international evil which requires cumulative efforts on part of the Governments and the people at large to create a long overdue awareness and to wipe this plague out of its roots. The children photographed in this body of work roam around on weekdays on the streets of Karachi – Pakistan, as Garbage Collectors, collecting paper, metal shavings, pet bottles and anything else they could attribute a value to and for which they can get a buck out of the mass contractors who are their customers. On Sundays, their day is spent at the Sunday Market, where they work to carry the load for shoppers visiting the market.

The children photographed in this series are either the sole bread earners for their families, or work and act as supplemental collaborators to their family’s income pool.

The children in this series are all between the ages of 8 to 14 years, an age, rightfully suited for a child to play, acquire education and have a worry-free life, none of which is true in the life of these innocent children. Like every other child, these children too are indeed as delicate as buds of Tulips, yet they are, “Tulips of Another Kind”!

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