Photo from "Field Work," photographs by Robert Gumpert
Exhibit at U.C. Berkeley Institute of Industrial Relations 1/16/2003-7/15/2003,
photo 3 of 13

Lettuce, 2001
Romaine lettuce harvest, Imperial Valley, CA.
This crew, all immigrants from El Salvador, live in Santa Rosa,
CA. 550 miles north of the Imperial Valley. They are brought in
by the contractor because of their speed: about 8 heads cut, trimmed
and boxed per minute.
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