Rubber + Wood
Rubber tree seed, southern Thailand, 2015
Small rubber tree plantation, southern Thailand, 2015
Morning tapping latex from rubber trees, southern Thailand, 2015
Slow drip of latex into collection pot, southern Thailand, 2015
Vessels of latex coagulating after addition of a mild acid, southern Thailand, 2015
Rolling out of coagulated latex, southern Thailand, 2015
Lifting coagulated latex for extrusion as sheets, southern Thailand, 2015
Extruding coagulated latex into sheets, southern Thailand, 2015
Hanging latex sheets to dry, southern Thailand, 2015
Latex sheets hung to dry, southern Thailand, 2015
Walking along low mountain jungle rubber plantation, southern Thailand, 2015
Elephant with handler working on moving felled trees to lower ground, southern Thailand, 2015
Elephant handler resting at abandoned house during a rainy day of work, southern Thailand, 2014
Elephant and handler walking in tandem through tangled drainage, southern Thailand, 2014
Elephant straining against chains dragging a log, southern Thailand, 2015
Clearing logs from mud and rocks during downpour, southern Thailand, 2014
Young men waiting to haul cut log sections to lower ground for transport by truck, southern Thailand, 2014
Elephant and handler, southern Thailand, 2015
Elephants returning to work following a lunch-time break for cool-down, rest, and water, southern Thailand, 2015
Logger taking down a rubber tree, southern Thailand, 2015
Experienced elephant positioning itself to the side of a log being pulled to river below, southern Thailand, 2015
Elephants dragging logs felled on higher ground down drainage to staging area, southern Thailand, 2015
Workers cutting logs to smaller pieces for transport while elephant rests and snacks, southern Thailand, 2015
Workers cutting logs to smaller pieces for transport while elephant rests and snacks, southern Thailand, 2015
Burmese migrant worker hauling log section to transport truck, southern Thailand, 2015
Burmese workers loading logs to transport truck, southern Thailand, 2015
Burmese worker atop loaded truck and unbowed by the hard work, southern Thailand, 2015
Young man taking a break from work loading log transport truck, southern Thailand, 2015
Middle-aged man taking a break from logging work, southern Thailand, 2015
Handler speaking with an elephant during water and rest break, southern Thailand, 2015
Elephant spraying itself during a rest break, southern Thailand, 2015
Elephants wading and submerging during a rest break, southern Thailand, 2015
Elephants leaving river to return to afternoon work, southern Thailand, 2015
Elephant awaiting return to its home at owner's residence, southern Thailand, 2015
Elephant climbing into truck bed for transport home, southern Thailand, 2015
Elephant and handler heading home after a day's work, southern Thailand, 2015
Rubber wood transport truck dumping parawood logs at parawood mill, southern Thailand, 2015
Front loader bringing some order to dumped logs at parawood mill, southern Thailand, 2015
Logs ready for milling, southern Thailand, 2015
Larger logs framing back of a work area, parawood mill, southern Thailand, 2015
Feeding a small log into bandsaw, parawood mill, southern Thailand, 2015
Cutting fluid at hand while removing bark edge, parawood mill, southern Thailand, 2015
Girl carrying milled boards, parawood mill, southern Thailand, 2015
Girl stacking milled boards, parawood mill, southern Thailand, 2015
Squaring a large log, parawood mill, southern Thailand, 2015
Reducing a large log to board stock, parawood mill, southern Thailand, 2015
Woman resting on a stack of milled boards, parawood mill, southern Thailand, 2015
Changing band saw blade , parawood mill, southern Thailand, 2015
Band saw blade sharpening room, parawood mill, southern Thailand, 2015
Cross cutting for wooden blocks, parawood mill, southern Thailand, 2015
Young girl bagging wooden blocks, parawood mill, southern Thailand, 2015
Securing wood pressure treatment chamber, parawood mill, southern Thailand, 2015
Removing wood from chamber following treatment under pressure, parawood mill, southern Thailand, 2015
Forklift stacking pallets of finished boards, parawood mill, southern Thailand, 2015
View of the work floor, parawood mill, southern Thailand, 2015
Sawdust pile from dust recovery system, parawood mill, southern Thailand, 2015
Taking a break from work, parawood mill, southern Thailand, 2015
Workers' table with Buddhist year calendar and photograph of much-loved King Rama IX, parawood mill, southern Thailand, 2015
Clock and information board, parawood mill, southern Thailand, 2015
Young resident migrant worker cleaned up and resting at the end of his work shift, parawood mill, southern Thailand, 2015