Contemporary Issues, 1st prize
Michael Wolf
Laif Photos & Reportagen for Stern
Laif Photos & Reportagen for Stern
01 April, 2004
People settle down to lunch in the cafeteria at Toy State, which makes wares for the American retail chain Wal-Mart. In recent years China has grown to become the world's fifth largest exporter of merchandise, and has one of the world's fastest growing economies. A huge influx of migrant workers is required to meet demand in city factories.
Michael Wolf
Michael Wolf was born in 1954 in Munich, Germany. He grew up in the United States, Europe and Canada, and studied at UC Berkeley and at the Folkwang School in Essen, Germany. In ...
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