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Creating their own survival

My Photo scholarship 2011 entry

Their hands are their means of survival. From them, the sand creations are formed and money is collected.

SOUTH AFRICA | Monday, 7 November 2011 | Views [171]

Their hands are their means of survival. From them, the sand creations are formed and money is collected.

Work starts as soon as tourists begin appearing. George begins by wetting the sand sculptures that have survived the night before moving on to fixing the sculptures that didn't. Bad weather sometimes breaks down their works, but more commonly passerbys destroy the sand sculptures when their creators are sleeping.

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George shows me a coin that he has just been given. The hard work of Bongile behind him is slowly paying off.

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