COLLECTION 03 / INSIDE THE TRADITIONAL WORKSHOP
A workshop is also a world.
Twenty-four photographs document the working yard and its everyday surroundings. Pans and sacks share space with bicycles, bedding, containers and places to sit: a craft lived beyond the construction site.
HOME / WORK / COMMUNITY
The spaces between the tasks.
The oral histories describe the adda as a place to share tea, learn from an ustad and exchange worries. These photographs invite attention to the ordinary setting of that social life, including the overlap between labour, storage and rest.Read Harmandar Singh’s account →
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Mixing beside the wall
Inside a lime mason’s traditional workshop · Project Zinda Virasat field collection
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A working wall and the mason’s tool
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Lifting a mixing pan
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Preparing a batch
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Mixing at ground level
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Applying material by hand tool
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A gathering in the work area
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Brickwork and a stair
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Brick vault and stair detail
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Courtyard workspace
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Ground and material residue
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A charpai beside the work area
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The courtyard threshold
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Containers stored in the yard
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A bicycle and stored belongings
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Tools and everyday transport
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A sheltered interior
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Buckets and fabric partitions
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Earth and aggregate on the ground
Inside a lime mason’s traditional workshop · Project Zinda Virasat field collection
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Containers along a wall
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Resting space and stored belongings
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Open sacks and material storage
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A wide view of the work yard
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A brick boundary and working area
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The household in the archive
The wives’ accounts extend the story beyond the trowel: preparing ingredients, supporting a household through changing contracts, and deciding what work children should inherit. Their voices are part of the history of the craft itself.
Read the family perspectives →