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. (...)
The end result is gold, which he will weigh, check the current gold prices and pay her accordingly. © 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 (...)
eaking work. Near Tororo, Uganda, Africa. 2016. For the Fairtrade Foundation. © 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 (...)
to be recycled. Near Tororo, Uganda, Africa. 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 (...)
nterrupted by an assistant requiring help with a precious stone - a diamond. Webster is an ambassador for Fair Trade. © 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 (...)
his studio. Stephen Webster Ltd. London, England. For the Fairtrade Foundation. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos