India - Mumbai - A Dhobi (or washerman) in Bombay (now Mumbai) washes after his days' work

A Dhobi or washermen sits by enormous tanks where the clothes are washed

A Dhobi or washermen sits by enormous tanks where the clothes are washed. All of Mumbai's laundry comes here to be washed by hand by hundred's of men (and some women) who wash, air and press the clothes of the 15 million inhabitants of the city

Mumbai, India

Author: Stuart Freedman

©Stuart Freedman

Photo size: 17.5 Mpixels (50 MB uncompressed) - 5105x3425 pixels (17.0x11.4 in / 43.2x29.0 cm at 300 ppi)

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