Workers burn the sugarcane leaves the night before harvesting in order to facilitate the work and to stave off snakes, spiders and scorpions.

Workers burn the sugarcane leaves the night before harvesting in order to facilitate the work and to stave off snakes, spiders and scorpions.

Man working.

Man working.

A dreaming young worker.

A young worker.

Yearning III • Man reminisced about family back home.

Man working.

Sharpening the machete.

Sharpening the machete.

Worker.

Working the field.

Yearning II • Man talking to about his family left behind

Young worker taking a break.

Sugarcane worker.

Sugarcane worker.

Going Home

Aliança Mill. Founded in the turn of the 20th Century it's one of the four centenary sugarcane mills in the country.

Aliança Mill. One of the four centenary sugarcane mills in the country.

Aliança Mill. One of the four centenary sugarcane mills in the country. For lack of spare parts they have to cannibalize and recycle parts from other machines.

Aliança Mill. One of the four centenary sugarcane mills in the country. For lack of spare parts they have to cannibalize and recycle parts from other machines.

A worker at the Aliança sugarcane mill.

Sowing the sugarcane seeds. Sowing the sugarcane fields is a job performed by women and the elderly.

Man sowing the sugarcane seeds. Sowing the sugarcane fields is a job performed by women and the elderly.

Sowing the sugarcane seeds. Sowing the sugarcane fields is a job performed by women and the elderly.

Female sowing worker taking a break. Sowing the sugarcane fields is a job performed by women and the elderly.

Yearning I • Woman telling me about her family back home. Sowing the sugarcane fields is a job performed by women and the elderly.

Taking a break.

Sisterhood • Female sowing sugarcane workers. Sowing the sugarcane fields is a job performed by women and the elderly.