I looked at the the production of cotton jeans for this montage. I wanted to try and show some of the links in the chain. In the background is a cotton field, a cotton market and the chemical plant that makes the pesticides and fertilisers for the cotton field. In the foreground is a shack used to spin and dye the cotton, mixed with imagery from a jeans sweatshop in China, and an advert for designer jeans.
Chinese Blue Jeans Sweatshop
"They only get about four hours sleep at night, which might help explain their tendency to doze off on the job. But the enterprising Mr. Xi demonstrates his remedy for such indiscretions, namely, stiff fines, and using clothespins to keep their eyelids open."
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The Real Cost
This image was partly inspired by the book, The Real Cost by Richard North.
http://books.google.com/books?id=_0WZ6P2QBvsC&source=gbs_ViewAPI&pgis=1
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