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VII Community is a program of The VII Foundation in partnership with PhotoWings.
Shaheeda, Sabira, and Kammo, landless laborers on a nearby farm, recall the day of the 1998 nuclear test near Chacha village, just 5 kilometers from the Pokhran desert in India. On Oct. 25, 2023, they reflect on that moment, which unfolded as they prepared food at home, a day marked by an event both unprecedented and unimaginable.
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From the series: White Gold. A portrait of Warda, a cotton picker, taken in El Mehalla El Kobra, Egypt, on Sept. 29, 2020. Warda, whose name means “flower” in Arabic, works tirelessly through the harvest season. Cotton farming is a labor-intensive process, requiring workers to toil in the scorching sun for up to 10 hours a day under the watchful eyes of field supervisors. The crop’s journey, from seed to being spun and woven into threads, involves extensive manual labor.
German Flores plays with the donkey Tribilin during a preservation campaign at Revolution Monument Square in Mexico City, Mexico, on Dec. 20, 2022. Flores runs Burrolandia, a sanctuary housing 96 donkeys for preservation, which relies on help from “godfathers” who donate money for food, medicine, and care equipment.
