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The faces & places behind everyday things.

Coffee, cocoa, cotton and spice do not come from a shelf. They come from real hands in real places. Filter the collage below, and hover any photo for its story and credit.

Coffee farmers harvesting ripe cherries by hand — Harvesting coffee by handJameswasswa, CC BY-SA

Fresh cacao pods split open — Fresh cacao, São ToméEverJean, CC BY

Members of a farmers cooperative meeting together — A cooperative meetsKristine Ringler, CC BY

Roasted coffee beans — Roasted and ready to shipAndreas Poike, CC BY

A person spinning thread by hand — Spinning thread, MaheshwarNevil Zaveri, CC BY

Colourful produce laid out at a farmers market — Produce at marketYellowGreen Farmers Market, CC BY

Cotton growing in a field — Cotton in the fieldCalsidyrose, CC BY

Portrait of a person in a crowd — A face in the crowdXingyi, CC BY

Bags of colourful spices at a market souk — Colours of the spice soukMcKay Savage, CC BY

Cocoa beans drying in the sun in a village — Cocoa drying in the sun, GhanaF. Veronesi, CC BY-SA

Green coffee terraces in Colombia — Coffee terraces, ColombiaMcKay Savage, CC BY

Hands sorting freshly harvested beans — Sorting the harvestSkinnydiver, CC BY-SA

Ripe coffee cherries on the branch — Ripe on the branchMcKay Savage, CC BY

Chocolate being made from cocoa — From bean to barNicola, CC BY

A person weaving cloth on a handloom — At the loomMcKay Savage, CC BY

A vendor at a market stall — A market vendorgripso_banana_prune, CC BY-SA

A woman running a market stall — She runs the stallDFID, CC BY

Coffee being poured into a cup — The last step, a cupinsidious_plots, CC BY

Farmer's hands holding soil and a seedling — Hands and soilUnited Soybean Board, CC BY

Brightly dyed fabric drying — Dyeing cloth by handNevil Zaveri, CC BY

Tropical fruit at a market stall — Fruit at the stallavlxyz, CC BY-SA

Workers picking on a plantation — A day in the fieldMartin Benjamin, CC BY-SA

Hands picking cotton in a field — Picking cottonUSDA, Public Domain

Hands full of ripe coffee cherries — A handful of cherriesmckaysavage, CC BY 2.0

Raw green coffee beans — Raw and greenmckaysavage, CC BY 2.0

Cocoa beans fermenting — Fermentingwallygrom, CC BY-SA 2.0

Cacao pods on the tree — Off the treewallygrom, CC BY-SA 2.0

Artisan chocolate being made — Bean to barFOODLANDER.COM, CC BY 2.0

Weaving on a handloom — At the loomnevil zaveri, CC BY 2.0

Cloth dyed by hand — Dyed by handUnknown, CC0

A cotton field ready to harvest — Ready to pickD.C.Atty, CC BY 2.0

Hands shaping clay on a wheel — Shaping clayWalt Stoneburner, CC BY 2.0

Hands weaving a basket — Weaving a basketRod Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0

Spinning yarn by hand — Spinning yarndarkday., CC BY 2.0

A fresh vegetable market stall — The vegetable stallAugapfel, CC BY 2.0

Colourful tropical fruit at market — A wall of fruitmoonjazz, CC BY 2.0

Bowls of colourful spices — Spices by the scooplju photo, CC BY 2.0

A flower market seller — Flowers at dawnshootingjaydred, CC BY 2.0

A busy morning market — Market morningmckaysavage, CC BY 2.0

A smiling farmer — A grower's faceKoshyk, CC BY 2.0

A woman farmer at work — She works the landstaffan.scherz, CC BY 2.0

A group of farm workers — The whole crewUSDAgov, Public Domain

Hands holding grain — A year's workA.Davey, CC BY 2.0

Farmers at a cooperative meeting — Deciding togetherUSDAgov, CC BY 2.0

Children at a village school — Why it mattersjurvetson, CC BY 2.0

Photo sources.

Every photo on this site is used under a Creative Commons licence, which allows reuse as long as the photographer is credited. Here is each one, with a link to the original.

Coffee harvest. Photo by Jameswasswa, CC BY-SA 4.0.Original ↗

Take Action cover, tea terraces. Photo by kuhnmi, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

Coffee bean close-up. Photo by flequi, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

Cocoa drying, Ghana. Photo by F. Veronesi, CC BY-SA 2.0.Original ↗

Hand sorting. Photo by skinnydiver, CC BY-SA 2.0.Original ↗

Tea plantation. Photo by FullofTravel, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

Coffee plantation, Colombia. Photo by McKay Savage, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

Fresh cacao, São Tomé. Photo by EverJean, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

Coffee terraces, Colombia. Photo by McKay Savage, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

Banana plantation worker. Photo by string_bass_dave, CC BY-SA 2.0.Original ↗

Cotton field. Photo by Calsidyrose, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

Spinning thread, Maheshwar. Photo by Nevil Zaveri, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

Farmers market produce. Photo by YellowGreen Farmers Market, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

Portrait in a crowd, Guangxi. Photo by Xingyi, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

Spice souk. Photo by McKay Savage, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

Roasted coffee beans. Photo by Andreas Poike, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

Cooperative meeting. Photo by Kristine Ringler, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

Ripe on the branch. Photo by McKay Savage, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

From bean to bar. Photo by Nicola, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

At the loom. Photo by McKay Savage, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

A market vendor. Photo by gripso_banana_prune, CC BY-SA 2.0.Original ↗

She runs the stall. Photo by DFID, UK Department for International Development, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

The last step, a cup. Photo by insidious_plots, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

Hands and soil. Photo by United Soybean Board, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

Dyeing cloth by hand. Photo by Nevil Zaveri, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

Fruit at the stall. Photo by avlxyz, CC BY-SA 2.0.Original ↗

A day in the field. Photo by Martin Benjamin, CC BY-SA 3.0.Original ↗

Picking cotton. Photo by USDA, Public Domain.Original ↗

A handful of cherries. Photo by mckaysavage, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

Raw and green. Photo by mckaysavage, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

Fermenting. Photo by wallygrom, CC BY-SA 2.0.Original ↗

Off the tree. Photo by wallygrom, CC BY-SA 2.0.Original ↗

Bean to bar. Photo by FOODLANDER.COM, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

At the loom. Photo by nevil zaveri, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

Dyed by hand. Photo by Unknown, CC0.Original ↗

Ready to pick. Photo by D.C.Atty, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

Shaping clay. Photo by Walt Stoneburner, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

Weaving a basket. Photo by Rod Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0.Original ↗

Spinning yarn. Photo by darkday., CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

The vegetable stall. Photo by Augapfel, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

A wall of fruit. Photo by moonjazz, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

Spices by the scoop. Photo by lju photo, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

Flowers at dawn. Photo by shootingjaydred, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

Market morning. Photo by mckaysavage, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

A grower's face. Photo by Koshyk, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

She works the land. Photo by staffan.scherz, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

The whole crew. Photo by USDAgov, Public Domain.Original ↗

A year's work. Photo by A.Davey, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

Deciding together. Photo by USDAgov, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗

Why it matters. Photo by jurvetson, CC BY 2.0.Original ↗