There is no limit to how many hours H-2A Farmworkers can work in a given day or week; it usually depends on the time of year. During the height of the season in August and September, farmworkers will typically spend upwards of 80 hours a week in the field, with little concern about how high temperatures will rise.
For Another Land.
Milton Lindsay | North Carolina, United States
Photographer: Milton Lindsay
Exhibit Title: For Another Land.
Location: North Carolina, United States
For Another Land explores the socioeconomic and cultural dynamics within the H-2A Seasonal Farmworker Visa Program in North Carolina, which hosts roughly 10% of the roughly 300,000 visa holders nationwide annually. Over the past decade, the H-2A Visa has emerged as the primary form of entry for Mexican migrants entering the United States in search of economic opportunity, expanding by over 300% since 2012.
H-2A Farmworkers are defined by an inherent duality: despite spending most of the year in the US, they their identity by forming social groups with others from the same town or region within the crew, which range from a few workers to a crew of 70 or 80 men. Often, siblings or fathers and sons are members of the same worker group, adding to the kinship within a given crew.
Farmworkers remain in constant with wives and children in Mexico and often talk longingly about the places they know only half the time. North of the Border these men push through the dust and heat with the same collective goal: waking up on the day they can return to their beloved Mexico.
I am an immersive documentary photographer who develops narratives through extended collaboration with community stakeholders. My projects navigate various cultures and locations, all drawn together by exploring the sense of place and connection to land people possess. In May, I completed a Masters Program in Photojournalism from Ohio University, in Athens, Ohio. I am based in Philadelphia but have extended connections throughout North Carolina, Southeastern Ohio, and Central and Southern Mexico.
Public exhibitions of my project work are central to my practice as a documentary photographer. In my view there is no better way to engage with the project stakeholders I have collaborated with than to have a temporary exhibition of a project in the community where it was based.
website: www.miltonlindsay.com
email: jmiltonlindsay@gmail.com
phone: 215-771-0081
IG: @miltonlindsay
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