Ken Light -- With These Hands

With These Hands

The Pilgrim Press
1986 (out of print)

For generations, migrant workers have faced hard labor in horrible working conditions. With These Hands, with an introduction by Cesar Chavez and over 65 duotone images, reveal their plight: the poor conditions, child labor and dilapidated housing conditions. But the book also shows the strength and dignity of these workers and the majestic beauty of America's agricultural lands.

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Child of the Fields Rio Grande Valley, Texas 1979	Grape Picker Napa Valley, California 1984	Migrant Family on the Road Immokalee, Florida 1982
Two Ladders at Dusk, Pear Orchard Hood River, Oregon 1980	Onion Picker Rio Grande Valley, Texas 1979	Break in the Fields Rio Grande Valley, Texas 1979
	Mother and Child in the Fields Yakima Valley, Washington 1982