Matthieu Paley | Archives

Show Navigation
back to search results
Info

Life of custom harvesters: custom harvesting or custom combining is the business of harvesting of crops for others. Custom harvesters usually own their own combines and work for the same farms every harvest season. Custom harvesting relieves farmers from having to invest capital in expensive equipment while at the same time maximizing the machinery's use. .Harvesters travel North to South through the US, living in trailers, following the season, usually hiring overseas seasonal workers in need of improving their harvesting experience on very large combines (harvesting machines)...A 4-weeks road trip across the USA, from New York to San Francisco, on the steps of Jack Kerouac’s famous book “On the Road”. Focusing on nomadic America: people that live on the move across the US, out of ideology or for work reasons.

Add to Lightbox
Filename
USA_Kerouac_OnTheRoad_11_60.jpg
Copyright
© Matthieu Paley
Image Size
4700x3132 / 5.2MB
© http://www.paleyphoto.com
Contained in galleries
Portraits of nomadic America - USA
Life of custom harvesters: custom harvesting or custom combining is the business of harvesting of crops for others. Custom harvesters usually own their own combines and work for the same farms every harvest season. Custom harvesting relieves farmers from having to invest capital in expensive equipment while at the same time maximizing the machinery's use. .Harvesters travel North to South through the US, living in trailers, following the season, usually hiring overseas seasonal workers in need of improving their harvesting experience on very large combines (harvesting machines)...A 4-weeks road trip across the USA, from New York to San Francisco, on the steps of Jack Kerouac’s famous book “On the Road”. Focusing on nomadic America: people that live on the move across the US, out of ideology or for work reasons.