Volcanic activity: Hugh Brown
A dangerous assignment for photographer Hugh Brown as he captures the hard life of sulphur miners inside Ijen volcano, Java
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Carrying heavy loads of ore and living in primitive conditions takes a toll on the bodies of the miners. Hugh Brown lived alongside them for several weeks to capture photos of their lives.
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Blisters on the miner's shoulders show what the heavy bamboo loads of ore do each day. Hugh Brown's photo doesn't show you what this man's insides are like from breathing toxic gas which creates...
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Life on the slopes of Ijen volcano is incredibly hard, even the water they drink is acidic, causing teeth decay.
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The men are so poor they have to shove a tee shirt in their mouths to protect themselves from sulphuric gas.
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The pain caused by breathing in the toxic gas inside Ijen volcano shows on this miner's face. Hugh Brown says he also experienced agonising times wrapped in the volcano's vapours
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Photographer Hugh Brown (right) with a guide inside Ijen volcano, with its clouds of gas creating an eerie background
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Hugh Brown's dramatic photo of sulphur miners inside Ijen volcano, making the precarious climb up with 60 to 100 kilo loads
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