Carlos Bernate

Photographer

www.carlosbernate.net/

NYT-Farmworkers

Location: Richmond

Nationality: Colombia

Biography: Carlos Bernate is a gender-fluid Colombian documentary photographer whose work is focused on human rights, identity, and social humanitarian-related issues. Currently, they are dedicated to documenting their community in Richmond, Virginia, where... read on

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CHERITON, VA – September 26, 2020: Seasonal farmworker poses for a portrait in one of the many tomato fields in the remote Eastern Shore of Virginia. Seasonal farmworkers are brought by the thousands to toil in the tomato fields, since the start of the covid-19 pandemic, their conditions have worsened. Photo: Carlos Bernate for The New York Times

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CHERITON, VA - September 26, 2020: Barracks where agriculture workers stay during each season. Seasonal farmworkers are brought by the thousands to toil in the tomato fields, since the start of the covid-19 pandemic, their conditions have worsened. Photo: Carlos Bernate for The New York Times

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CHERITON, VA – September 9, 2020: Seasonal farmworker pose for a portrait in one of the many tomato fields in the remote Eastern Shore of Virginia. Seasonal farmworkers are brought by the thousands to toil in the tomato fields, since the start of the covid-19 pandemic, their conditions have worsened. Photo: Carlos Bernate for The New York Times

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CHERITON, VA – September 9, 2020: Seasonal farmworkers being brought in buses from the barracks where they live to the Food Lion at Cape Charles, VA to buy groceries. Seasonal farmworkers are brought by the thousands to toil in the tomato fields, since the start of the covid-19 pandemic, their conditions have worsened. Photo: Carlos Bernate for The New York Times

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CHERITON, VA – September 9, 2020: Seasonal farmworker poses for a portrait in one of the many tomato fields in the remote Eastern Shore of Virginia. Seasonal farmworkers are brought by the thousands to toil in the tomato fields, since the start of the covid-19 pandemic, their conditions have worsened. Photo: Carlos Bernate for The New York Times

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CHERITON, VA – September 26, 2020: Seasonal farmworker poses for a portrait near the beach in the remote Eastern Shore of Virginia. Seasonal farmworkers are brought by the thousands to toil in the tomato fields, since the start of the covid-19 pandemic, their conditions have worsened. Photo: Carlos Bernate for The New York Times

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CHERITON, VA – September 9, 2020: Farmworkers walk several miles across abandoned train tracks to get to “El Ranchito Mexican Store”, one of two Latino stores in town. Seasonal farmworkers are brought by the thousands to toil in the tomato fields, since the start of the covid-19 pandemic, their conditions have worsened. Photo: Carlos Bernate for The New York Times

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CHERITON, VA – September 26, 2020: Seasonal farmworker poses for a portrait on the abandoned train tracks that they walk to get to one of the two Latino stores in town. Seasonal farmworkers are brought by the thousands to toil in the tomato fields, since the start of the covid-19 pandemic, their conditions have worsened. Photo: Carlos Bernate for The New York Times

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CHERITON, VA – September 9, 2020: Tomato fields in the remote Eastern Shore of Virginia. Seasonal farmworkers are brought by the thousands to toil in the tomato fields, since the start of the covid-19 pandemic, their conditions have worsened. Photo: Carlos Bernate for The New York Times

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NYT-Farmworkers

Credits: carlos bernate

Updated: 11/26/20

Location: Charlottesville,VA

Archived as: Activism, Children, Discrimination, Documentary, Domestic Violence, Editorial, Human Rights, Immigration, Latin America, Migration, Photography, Photojournalism, Politics, Portraiture, Religion

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