I travelled intensely with writer Rudi Rotthier in the nineties to cover childlabour in India. In Firozabad we found 4 children working in a circus, they were sold by their parents for 1200 roepies (or 30 euros) in total. This snake-girl was one of them. Familes were bonded in slavery because of debts, children were weaving expensive carperts because of their fine fingers. Others were making toys for kids in the West…
The travels resulted in his book ‘The Children of the Crocodile’
Photos by Marleen Daniels
The Battery Girl of Calcutta; Dhobiya Tala Slum
Battery-recycling in Calcutta
Beedi’s in Vellore, Tamil Nadu
Aluminium recycling in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu
Carpets weaving in Varanasi region
Pottery in Cairo
Fishing harbour in Mumbai
On the beach in Mumbai
Kite making in the slums of Calcutta
Matchboxes in Srivilliputhur, Tamil Nadu
Matchmaking in Srivilliputhur, Tamil Nadu
Matchmaking in Srivilliputhur, Tamil Nadu
Matchmaking in Srivilliputhur, Tamil Nadu
Brick kilns in Dehli
Coloring of the Varanasi Sari
Silk production in Ramanagaram
Silk production in Ramanagaram
Silk production in Ramanagaram
Silk production in Ramanagaram