What does harvest look like? In our part of the world it looks like fields of dried cornstalks, trees full of scarlet apples, and pumpkin patches. In other parts of the world, harvest time may look very different. Here's a glimpse of tea harvest (and tea harvesters)...
• Above: Tea harvest in Munnar, India, by Flickr member yaatra, licensed for use under Creative Commons.
• Two girls harvesting tea in Kenya, by Flickr member franz88, licensed for use under Creative Commons.
• A vintage photograph, hand-tinted, of Japanese tea-pickers in the early part of the 20th century. By Flickr member Okinawa Soba licensed for use under Creative Commons.
• Farmers harvesting chrysanthemums for tea in Taiwan, by Flickr member Superman! licensed for use under Creative Commons.
• Sorting harvested tea in Sri Lanka, by Flickr member World Resource Institute licensed for use under Creative Commons.
• A machine tea harvester , by Flickr member zgware licensed for use under Creative Commons.
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Awesome pictures!
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fantastic pics, the first one is so fresh!
view Eve in Hochelaga's profile
I know you're trying to show as many examples as possible, and I'm glad you're going for CC licensed work, but why include a vintage shot of Japan when most of the other shots seem to be of modern day workers? It just seems so unnecessarily romanticized.
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Nice.
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@squidlette, yes, it was just very beautiful. I also thought it was interesting how - from the oldest shot to the newest (and in many shots I didn't include) - nearly all the tea pickers were women.
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beautiful photos, all. nice work.
time to head down to chinatown for some more tea!
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