As a follow-up to my photo collection published in The Atlantic's January 2012 issue (and online), I put out a call for reader photographs with the theme of "America at Work." The response was fantastic. People sent in images from Guam to Massachusetts, and from Florida to California. The photos depict a wide range of jobs, giving a glimpse of what it means to be employed in 21st century America. Many, many thanks to the contributing photographers, and to those who helped spread the word. Both the images and captions come from the photographers.
America at Work: Your Photos
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Billy Kurtz unloads the boat, Juliett, after pulling up traps in Cohasset, Massachusetts, on November 25, 2011. When asked how the day was he replied "Not good but at least I woke up." #
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A young man takes a break from planting trees on a privately owned plot of land near the Jacksonville Airport, on January 5, 2012. The crew he works with is headed by Bubba Goodman, who has been planting trees across the southeast for over thirty years. The planting season is between December and April, when the trees are dormant and during which the crew lives a nomadic lifestyle. #
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Workmen repairing a ship at Bay Shipbuilding Co., in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. The shipyard is the busiest during winter when ships are out of water, being prepared for the following season. February 9, 2010. #
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The driest California winter since 1883 has allowed this Dean Hall construction crew to continue building shirtless, in 65 degree weather, well into January. Last January, over 10 feet of snow covered the ground here. Photo taken January 13, 2012 in Squaw Valley, California. #
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October 8th 2011, Officers from the Chicago Police Department escort Occupy Chicago protesters down Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago during the third week of the Occupy Chicago Movement. #
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