Photographer & Art Administrator Miriam Romais is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this social documentary photography.  From her project ‘Bittersweet Labor‘ which is also part of Light Work-Syracuse permanent collection. To see Miriam’s galleries of projects click on any image.

Young Boy Surveying Gears, Usina Sta. Rita, 1992

Steam Engine, Usina Santa Rita, 1992.
In the northeastern states, production of sugar is the primary source of income. Ineffective laws and government, the inability of the refineries to modernize their equipment to increase production, regional drought and world recession have all contributed to the decline of the area’s economy. The country also suffered again, since the U.S. started buying commodities like sugar, from other countries offering even cheaper labor.

Young Man Caring for Engine, 1992.

In the 90s, Miriam Romais spent months traveling throughout Brazil, moved by the fragility of human life among large industrial machines and in the field…