Weekly Photo Challenge – Humanity

**A group of fishermen preparing to go to sea in Zihuatanejo, Mexico**

Our photo challenge for the week presented a larger burden for me than usual. From the challenge post, “For this week’s challenge, share what humanity means to you. Share a single photo or a collage like the tiled gallery below to represent a sea of humanity.” To view the example gallery and the entire challenge post, click here.

**A worker at a Seattle, Washington fish market preparing a king salmon to be sold**

Regular followers of this blog will realize that I typically feature landscapes or other non-human subjects. Looking through my collection of images, I found more examples of humanity than I’m sure anyone would care to review. For this challenge, I decided to include only images that focus on the day-to-day work lives of people with whom I’ve happened to cross paths in my travels. I present for your consideration a gallery of images featuring “humanity at work”. Click on any of the images below to enlarge it and to scroll through the gallery.

A worker boxes bottles of whiskey in Lynchburg, Tennessee

An elderly gentleman makes curved adobe roof tiles in Mazatlan, Mexico

A cruise ship worker preps the surface for paint touch-up

Workers repair a buoy in Lake Gatun, Panama

Residents of Fanning Island await their turn at performing for the cruise ship audience

A Seattle street entertainer shows off his best trick

A clown makes his living on tips in Cartagena, Colombia

Beach vendors compare notes at the end of the day in Mazatlan, Mexico

John Steiner

3 comments

Some fun choices there John!

Funny how we don’t think we take photos of people, they are always there!

photobyjohnbo says:
September 14, 2014 at 6:05 pm
Sometimes we wish they were not there, and occasionally we only discover their presence when “in the darkroom.” It’s then when we discover how much they enhance the image.
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