INSIDE CALCUTTA’S HELL

Black and white pictures taken with an analog camera concerning aspects of both human and child labor in India and especially in the metropolis of Calcutta, that without any exaggeration is always defined as ''one circle in Dante's Inferno.'' Human figures, as ghosts, all seemingly identical to one another, bear work to the limits of human survival, in an atmosphere of stifling heat and stagnation, although smiling to the fhotographer, hiding their daily effort marked by an incredible misery. Calcutta has always been a reservoir of human rebellion, riots, or terrorism, but also very important for the cultural movement and the emancipation of the Indian masses, which are beginning to face not only India but also the entire world. The camera sometimes takes the most raw part of the existential condition of man.

Horse man farrier. Calcutta, India 1998 - © Carlo SaccoChild labour. Calcutta, India 1998 - © Carlo SaccoWorker on clay. Calcutta, India 1998 - © Carlo SaccoLoading boats along Hoogly. Calcutta, India 1998 - © Carlo SaccoHomeless sleeping under a bridge. Calcutta, India 1998 - © Carlo SaccoA brick factory near Calcutta. India 1998 - © Carlo SaccoA rickshaw driver along Strand Road. Calcutta, India 1998 - © Carlo SaccoAlong Hoogly banks. Calcutta, India 1998 - © Carlo SaccoDhobi Ghat. Calcutta, India 1998 - © Carlo SaccoFatigue. Posta, Calcutta, India 1998 - © Carlo SaccoMilk sellers under Howrah bridge. Calcutta, India 1998 - © Carlo SaccoWorker. Posta, Calcutta, India 1998 - © Carlo Sacco
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