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Part of the money he earns is to pay debts; the other part has to be distributed along the year. This was the first year for Rodica in the asparagus season in Germany. She spent her money on clothes for her daughters, paying debts and other stuff. Ana has been working for 4 years in Germany during the asparagus season.

Nelu, her husband, works as an electrical engineer in another city 35km away.

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They bought a car for Nelu so he can continue with his job with the money earned in Germany. Nicola is a farmer in Salciva, Hunedoara.


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Cristina is her year old daughter and stays at home taking care of the animals and housework when her mother is working in the asparagus season. This was the first year for Ana working in the asparagus season in Germany. With her wages she bought a washing machine, paid some debts and saved some for the rest of the year. Vlady has been coming to Germany for the past 2 years to work as an asparagus harvester. In Romania, he and his girlfriend live together in square meter room. With the money he has obtained in Germany, he paid the rent for a whole year.

Back home he works in an office and earns Euros a month. Daniel has been working for four years in the asparagus season in Germany. He wants to get married in three years.

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Therefore, he needs to save some of his money and live the rest of the year with what he has left. His mother also works during the asparagus season in Germany. Petruta in her kitchen still under construction. She's been working for the past four years as a seasonal worker, she starts in Italy then she goes to Spain and then to Germany.

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With her wages, she continues with the construction of her own house back in Romania. Petruta entering her house still under construction. With the combined wages of Petruta and her son, earned during the asparagus season in Germany, they are trying to finish the building of their house. This was the first year for Dari in the asparagus season in Germany. Since he has no other work in Romania he wants to work again in Germany next year. He lives with his grandparents in Craiova. The Family of these seasonal workers has to wait for them in their respective countries, few families travel together searching for these type of job.

In most cases somebody remains taking care of the house, children and even, if they have a farm, of the animals. This photo series is focused on the family members of the workers who remain in their countries; on some workers who have stayed in home this season and some details of their life when they are not working in some other place. Anutsa and her son.

She has to look after the crops and the animals of her home while her husband, Vasilo, works during the asparagus season in Germany. Different cities, towns, ways of life and histories but all of them have something in common; they work in another country where they receive a better wage then return home with their families after the season is over.

Many of them have this work and survive with this only income all year until the next season starts. Some others have a job back home but very badly paid so this tend to be the reason why these people have to leave home looking for better payment for a better life for them and their families. When Rodica is working in Germany, her daughters Alina and Roxi have to do the housework. Marian, their father, works as a mechanic and truck driver.

If these seasonal workers do not find a job in the city, they will continue to the next one until they find something. This is the destiny of many immigrants when they arrive to Europe. After a long and dangerous journey to arrive to Spain they must find a way to make a living here and send money to their family in their home country. Senegalese worker beating with a twig the olives that were in the high part of the Olive tree. Workers from Senegal have had their work assured for some years.

Since the landowner contracted them, they managed to obtain their documents so they can work without problems in Spain. When apple seasons begin, they all need to move to the next city where they also have a fixed contract. This young Senegalese is on his way to the bus-station, he is going to travel to a neighboring town where he will be working for around 20 days expecting those become more or that after this job he can find another one.

Portrait of a young Senegalese who lives in his shack in a park of Jaen. Many of these seasonal workers prefer to sleep in their tents on the streets or inside ATMs of the city since the shelters request, their documentation and some of them do not have it. For more than 20 years, he has been traveling and working throughout Spain as a seasonal worker. Seasonal worker from Guinea speaks with his companion of a near city asking him if there is work there. These workers usually travel alone, but they are always calling their contacts to have some idea of where to go next.

He knows that finding a job in Spain is becoming harder so he's planning to travel to France or Germany next year. Group of workers in the meeting place waiting for their boss the landowner as they do every morning. In the group, there are only Spaniards and a Moroccan that has been working for 7 years in the same group. Before the crisis more people could be seen waiting in the meeting point, including more immigrants. Some of the workers were not even part of the group but they used to speak with the boss requesting for a job. That is not the case this year.

Rafael is a Spanish citizen. Rafael working in the harvesting of olives. In the past, this was only a work for immigrants or people with low academic level, after the crisis it became mandatory to work where he can. The season of olives is a good opportunity. Immigrants working in the olive harvesting. Immigrants are often hired because they are considered strong workers that do not argue the work rate. Some workers use machinery that is usually very heavy. Young from Senegal waiting for the bus. He's been living and working in Spain as seasonal worker for the past 8 years.

Years ago, immigrants worked in the olive harvesting because most of Spanish people did not want to make this arduous work. Now, since the crisis in Spain, people have begun to lose their jobs and the only option they have left is to work in the fields, leaving no vacant for the immigrants. When the skin of the sheep is healthy, it has no scabies or any other type of disease, the shearing takes only 2 minutes. Sometimes the working area for the shearing is very reduced.

Some people decided for a second shearing on September,. This young man has to catch the sheep and take them to the shearers; this facilitates the job and prevents waste of time. This is the first year in the shearing season for this man, he starts catching the sheep. This work team consists in 3 members; 2 shearers and one more that catches the sheep. Some sheep have skin diseases,.

Some people decided for a second shearing on September, while other people prefer to wait still next year.

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Small towns near to Santiago de Compostela. During the 3 months of the shearing season, they travel more. The way to accommodate the animal for the shearing is to put it in a sitting position. The team leader has been coming to Spain for the past 25 years to work in the shearing season. At the beginning, he used to come with his uncle who taught him the job; in due time, when his uncle was not able to come any more, he formed his own work team.

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Polish workers are welcome by the people of Galicia, some of them have been well acquainted for several years. After work, some Polish workers are invited to have lunch. Polish worker preparing his shearing tools. The Polish shearers working in Galicia have to cross more than It takes one minute per sheep to shear, when the skin is dirty or has some disease it takes a little more than two minutes earning 3 Euros each.

In a good day working with a big flock, they shear up to ; with smaller flocks around per day. Altogether, there are 30, sheep to be sheared in Galicia. The sheared season in Galicia is one of our main sources of income to live in Poland.