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Ian Berry Miners working in the Sama FairTrade Mine. Near Tororo, Uganda, Africa. 2016. For the Fairtrade Foundation. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Miners pump water out of a flooded area of the Sama FairTrade Mine. Near Tororo, Uganda, Africa. 2016. For the Fairtrade Foundation. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Africa. Uganda. Near Tororo. 2016. Fair Trade. The Sama Fair Trade Mine. Miners clear the topsoil to allow access to the potential gold-bearing ore. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Africa. Uganda. Near Tororo. 2016. Fair Trade. Miners working in the Sama Fair Trade Mine. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Africa. Uganda. Near Tororo. 2016. Fair Trade. A miner works at the flooded Busia United Mine which is an open cast pit. Here he examines his bowl for specks of gold. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry A miner washes the ore at the flooded Busia United Open Cast Mine. Near Tororo, Uganda, Africa. 2016. For the Fairtrade Foundation. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Africa. Uganda. Near Tororo. 2016. Fair Trade. Miners working at the Busia United Open Cast Mine, a flooded pit, wash the crushed ore through cloths hoping to trap specks of gold. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Africa. Uganda. Near Tororo. 2016. Fair Trade. Chickens run around the Busia Health Centre. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Africa. Uganda. Near Tororo. 2016. Fair Trade. Fair Trade's Josephine Aguttu at home, breakfasting with her family. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Miners dig for gold in their back gardens in the Margaret Ikee Conventional Mine. Near Tororo, Uganda, Africa. 2016. For the Fairtrade Foundation. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Africa. Uganda. Near Tororo. 2016. Fair Trade. The Angariama Conventional Mine worked by a Women's Group. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Village life in the mining community. Near Tororo, Uganda, Africa. 2016. For the Fairtrade Foundation. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Miners at the Busia United Mine wash ore through cloths to extract any specks of gold. Near Tororo, Uganda, Africa. 2916. For the Fairtrade Foundation. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Africa. Uganda. Near Tororo. 2016. Fair Trade. Miners dig for gold at the Margaret Ikee Conventional Open Cast Mine. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Africa. Uganda. Near Tororo. 2016. Fair Trade. Miners wash the mud to trap small grains of gold at the Busia United Mine. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry A miner works at the flooded Busia United Mine which is an open cast pit. Here he pauses in the back-breaking work. Near Tororo, Uganda, Africa. 2016. For the Fairtrade Foundation. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Africa. Uganda. Near Tororo. 2016. Fair Trade. Miners at the Busia United Mine wash their soil and ore through cloths to trap small grains of gold. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry A woman digging alongside a man trying to repair a crushing and washing machine at an informal or artisanal mine. Near Tororo, Uganda, Africa. 2016. For the Fairtrade Foundation. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry A miner working at a flooded open cast pit at the Busia United Mine checks his pan for specks of gold. Near Tororo, Uganda, Africa. 2016. For the Fairtrade Foundation. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Africa. Uganda. Near Tororo. 2016. Fair Trade. Miners pump out the flood water at the Busia United Mine, an open cast pit. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Soil from the pit is being shoveled into basins for washing for gold at the Margaret Ikee Conventional Open Cast Mine. Near Tororo, Uganda, Africa. 2016. For the Fairtrade Foundation. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry A miner stands at the bottom of a great hole at the Busia United Mine. Near Tororo, Uganda, Africa. 2016. For the Fairtrade Foundation. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry A young boy pulls off his rubber boots in the Margaret Ikee Conventional Open Cast Mine village. To judge by this and the dirt on him, he has been working with the miners. Near Tororo, Uganda, Afri (...)
Ian Berry Africa. Uganda. Near Tororo. 2016. Fair Trade. Miners dig for gold close to their dwellings at the Margaret Ikee Conventional Open Cast Mine. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry A child miner shows a small piece of gold amalgam on his palm at the Margaret Ikee Conventional Open Cast Mine. Near Tororo, Uganda, Africa. 2016. For the Fairtrade Foundation. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Africa. Uganda. Near Tororo. 2016. Fair Trade. A child examines the small piece of amalgam on his palm, dug close to the dwellings at the Margaret Ikee Conventional Open Cast Mine. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Africa. Uganda. Near Tororo. 2016. Fair Trade. Miners burn mercury off the gold amalgam in the open air close to their dwellings at the Margaret Ikee Conventional Open Cast Mine. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Africa. Uganda. Near Tororo. 2016. Fair Trade. Miners pound the ore close to their dwellings at the Margaret Ikee Conventional Open Cast Mine. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Africa. Uganda. Near Tororo. 2016. Fair Trade. A child miner shows the small piece of amalgam on his palm at the Margaret Ikee Conventional Open Cast Mine. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Africa. Uganda. Near Tororo. 2016. Fair Trade. A miner at the Busia United Mine sells her gold amalgam to a middle man who is burning off the mercury releasing the toxic gas inside the building. (...)
Ian Berry Africa. Uganda. Near Tororo. 2016. Fair Trade. A young miner shows the small piece of amalgam on his palm at the Margaret Ikee Conventional Open Cast Mine. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Miners remove the flood water from the Margaret Ikee Conventional Open Cast Mine by hand using their panning basins. Near Tororo, Uganda, Africa. 2016. For the Fairtrade Foundation. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Margaret Ikee Conventional Open Cast Mine. A miner inspects his basin of washed ore for small specks of gold. Near Tororo, Uganda, Africa. 2016. For the Fairtrade Foundation. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry A woman miner at the Busia United Mine sells her gold to a middle man who having weighed it is checking gold prices on his phone. The woman knows she will receive almost nothing for days of back-br (...)
Ian Berry Africa. Uganda. Near Tororo. 2016. Fair Trade. Josephine Aguttu worships in the Tiira Miracle Centre Church. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Africa. Uganda. Near Tororo. 2016. Fair Trade. Miners at the Busia United Mine sell their gold to a middle man (centre) who having weighed it is checking gold prices on his phone in front of the (...)
Ian Berry Africa. Uganda. Near Tororo. 2016. Fair Trade. Adake Stella (left) in Tiira claims her son, Hakim Ogenyi, has damaged eyes, allegedly caused by the effects of using mercury to process the ore. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Miners at the Sama Fair Trade Mine use a retort to separate the mercury from the gold. This process prevents the release of the poisonous fumes from mercury into the air and allows for the mercury (...)
Ian Berry Miners at the Sama Fair Trade Mine show the small speck of gold amalgam. Near Tororo, Uganda, Africa. 2016. For the Fairtrade Foundation. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Africa. Uganda. Near Tororo. 2016. Fair Trade. Josephine Aguttu and her family walking to the Tiira Miracle Centre Church. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Tony Power heats gold with a blow torch until it is molten and can be poured into a trough in the studio behind his jewelry shop. Cox + Power. London, England. 2016. For the Fairtrade Foundation. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Africa. Uganda. Near Tororo. 2016. Fair Trade. Worshippers in the Tiira Miracle Centre Church. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry GB. England. London. 2016. Fair Trade. Cox + Power. A collection of gold jewellery designed and made by Tony Power in his studio behind his shop. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry GB. England. London. 2016. Fair Trade. Cox + Power. A collection of gold rings designed and made by Tony Power in his studio behind his shop. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry GB. England. Surrey. Guildford. 2016. Cranleigh. Jon Dibben Shop and Studio. Jon at work in his studio, heating a piece of gold until molten with a burner. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry GB. England. London. 2016. Fair Trade. Cox + Power. Tony Power working on a gold ring in the studio behind his jewellery shop. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Tony Power uses a loup to examine a gold ring for flaws in the studio behind his jewellery shop. Cox + Power, London, England. 2016. For the Fairtrade Foundation. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Jon at work in his studio heating a piece of gold with a burner until molten. Jon Dibben Shop and Studio, Cranleigh, Surrey, England. 2016. For the Fairtrade Foundation. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry GB. England. London. 2016. Fair Trade. Stephen Webster Ltd. Stephen Webster, artistic director of Garrard & Co Ltd, the oldest jewellers in the world, works on a gold ring in his studio but is i (...)
Ian Berry GB. England. Surrey. Guildford. 2016. Cranleigh. Jon Dibben Shop and Studio. The tools of the jewellery design and production trade together with three beautiful rings on the workbench. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry GB. England. Surrey. Guildford. 2016. Cranleigh. Jon Dibben Shop and Studio. Jon in his studio with an assistant checking a piece of jewellery before displaying it. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Stephen Webster is artistic director of Garrard & Co Ltd, the oldest jewellers in the world. Webster is an ambassador for Fair Trade. Here jewellery designed by him is displayed on a workbench in (...)