14 – Stone Sky
Stone and sky images from the north of Ireland
Cottage in the Woods
Cottage on the edge of a wooded park
Deserted Homestead
Old house still standing, alone and forgotten
Mountain High
Tree growing on bare rockface
The way to work
mohammed , young boy Works from the first light of the sun, brings water, tea and equipment to the workers. Mohammed did not complete the elementary school and went to work in the mountain to help his family with some money.
Old Church
Remains of a stone built church
A cup of tea
After workers gather in the morning , The workers drink a cup of tea to warm themselves up in this cold atmosphere
Making clouds
one of the worker uses a machine which called “El fasalah” which cut and partition the mountain to stone blocks ” 13*26 cm” . This process produces a cloud of white lime this dust stones cause them serious respiratory diseases
The man of sizes
Ahmed , young man 18 years old ,Responsible for the dimensions of the brick molds using the lever to move the path of the machine to the required size.
The Machine
“El hashasha”, the machine which extract the final result of the stones as a free blocks that ready to use. this machine is very dangerous ,sharp,and has no safe handling and some workers are injured by cutting the hand or foot
The Track
Workers transporting brick blocks cut off from the machine’s track In preparation for the next round.
In the storm
one of the workers walking in Thick dust of white lime , This lime affects the lungs of workers and injures them with serious diseases
