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Stories and Photographs by David Bacon

Sunday, August 9, 2026

photos from the edge 38 - WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO WORK ON A CAULIFLOWER CREW?

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photos from the edge 38 - WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO WORK ON A CAULIFLOWER CREW? Words and photos by David Bacon The Bittman Project, 8/7/26 https...
Thursday, July 30, 2026

photos from the edge 37 - ISTANBUL PHOTOGRAPHS

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photos from the edge 37 - ISTANBUL PHOTOGRAPHS Photographs by David Bacon These photographs taken this summer are my small tribute to the wo...
Wednesday, July 15, 2026

photos from the edge 36 - THE RAID IN THE DATE PALMS

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photos from the edge 36 - THE RAID IN THE DATE PALMS By David Bacon Barn Raiser, 7/16/26 https://barnraisingmedia.com/the-most-dangerous-job...
Monday, July 6, 2026

photos from the edge 35 - SIT-IN AT THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

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photos from the edge 35 - SIT-IN AT THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD By David Bacon The classic unionbusting strategy for breaking unions ...
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David Bacon is a California writer and documentary photographer. A former union organizer, today he documents labor, the global economy, war and migration, and the struggle for human rights. His latest book, In the Fields of the North / En los campos del norte (COLEF / UC Press, 2017) includes over 300 photographs and 12 oral histories of farm workers. Other books include The Right to Stay Home (Beacon Press, 2013).and Illegal People (Beacon Press, 2008), which discuss alternatives to forced migration and the criminalization of migrants. Communities Without Borders (Cornell/ILR Press, 2006) includes over 100 photographs and 50 narraatives about transnational migrant communities, and The Children of NAFTA (UC Press, 2004) is an account of worker resistance on the US/Mexico border in the wake of NAFTA.
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