Joel Anderson

Documentary and fine art photographer
   
Apple Pickers
Stories (9)
Location: Lykens, Pennsylvania
Nationality: United States
Biography: I grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania and later lived in California and New Mexico where I worked as an aerospace engineer. I eventually returned to rural Pennsylvania where I am working on documentary projects involving the changes in rural life... MORE
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Apple Pickers
Copyright Joel Anderson 2024
Updated Jan 2023
Seasonal workers from Mexico picking apples in Pennsylvania orchards. The workers are in the US on special H-2A visas which have strict requirements: only specific labor can be done and the jobs have to be offered to American citizens first. Once the job and season is finished the workers must return to their country. They are paid per pound and the pay is high if the picker can total over 10,000 pounds of apples per day. Many return to the farms each year during harvest season.
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