2016 – Salt Desert, Danakil Depression, Afar, Ethiopia
Salt miners guiding a dromedary and donkey caravan through this desert’s unique salt patterns. Temperatures in the Danakil Depression, some 300 feet below sea level, rarely fall below 122°F. Around 750 salt miners are authorised to work in the area, digging out the mineral using homemade tools. The salt blocks are loaded onto dromedaries and then transported almost 50 miles. While working on the hottest place in earth, miners earn on average £5 a day.
Joel Santos, Portugal
Print Size: 900×600 mm
Frame Size: 1080×810 mm
Paper Type: Felix Schoeller True Satin Baryta 310gsm
Frame Colour: Black
Exhibit: POS CC 205 14
2016 – Salt Desert, Danakil Depression, Afar, Ethiopia
Archival Giclee Digital Print
Salt miners guiding a dromedary and donkey caravan through this desert’s unique salt patterns. Temperatures in the Danakil Depression, some 300 feet below sea level, rarely fall below 122°F. Around 750 salt miners are authorised to work in the area, digging out the mineral using homemade tools. The salt blocks are loaded onto dromedaries and then transported almost 50 miles. While working on the hottest place in earth, miners earn on average £5 a day.
Photographer:
Joel Santos, Portugal
Print Size: 900×600 mm
Frame Size: 1080×810 mm
Exhibit: POS CC 205 14