Charcoal People, Philippines


  • Photographer
    Ludmila Ketslakh
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Date of Photograph
    August, 2012
  • Technical Info
    Digital images, Nikon D800

The story about the Damayan community is unconventional and compelling. Children are scavenging wood from a neighboring dump, while adults scout out the area surrounding Manila and the entire community's livelihood depending on turning the wood into charcoal. Despite the poor living condition, and the environment of hopelessness that surround these laborers, it is such admirable feat how they survive and persist through difficulties. Perhaps the true value of what they do is not meager change they received for hard work, but rather, it lies in their knowing that what they do is an honest living.

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