Erika, a farmworker in Tulare County, CA, carries her ladder from one row of pluot trees to the next. The ladder weighs about 30 pounds, and she wears a mask during the pandemic.
This series, and two additional ones, also swept the first place awards for photography from the California Newspaper Publishers Association.
PHOTOESSAY ON POVERTY IN TULARE COUNTY WINS SF PRESS CLUB AWARD
A photo series about the San Joaquin Valley during the pandemic just won the first place award from the San Francisco Press Club 2021 awards:
Digital Media: Photography / Photo Series
First Place: David Bacon, “Tulare County During the Pandemic – The Hard Price of Poverty”, Capital and Main
TULARE COUNTY DURING THE PANDEMIC – THE HARD PRICE OF POVERTY
By David Bacon
Capital and Main, 8/3/20
https://capitalandmain.com/
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http://davidbaconrealitycheck.
blogspot.com/2020/08/tulare-
county-during-pandemic-hard.html