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A dusty curtain inside a factory. Rangpur, September 2010.

A woman carries a sack of thrashed tobacco at a factory.

Rangpur, June 2011.

A boy carries a sack of tobacco and a band of rolled cigarettes waiting to be filled up the stairs of a factory. Rangpur, October 2010

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Workers at a factory fill, or wait to fill, rolled bidis with tobacco. Rangpur, March 2011

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Yusuf, a factory worker, suffers from severe bronchitis. Rangpur, June 2011.

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The body of Nazrul Islam, known as 'Kala,' during his funeral. He was one of three workers who died after security personnel opened fire on a large crowd outside a factory in the west while protesting for more pay. Kushtia, July 2012.

The funeral procession for 'Kala' weaves through a field to a graveyard near his home. Kushtia, July 2012.

A worker showers the dust and tobacco off his body in the courtyard of a factory. Rangpur, April 2012.

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An elder woman named Fatema began working in a factory after the death of her husband about two decades ago, as it was the only source of income to raise her three children. Rangpur, September 2010.

Tobacco thrashing machines, like this one at a factory, create a large amount of dust that must then be separated from the tobacco. Rangpur, March 2009.

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Yusuf, a factory worker, suffers from severe bronchitis. Rangpur, June 2011.

A photograph of Mintu, another worker killed during the protest, and his wife at their home. Kushtia, July 2012.

A dusty room in a factory. Rangpur, June, 2011.

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A house in a tobacco field in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Bandarban, March 2011.

Trees are chopped down in the south and used as fuel during the curing process of tobacco. Bandarban, March 2011.

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Trees are chopped down in the south and used as fuel during the curing process of tobacco. Bandarban, March 2011.

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Two women remove dust from thrashed tobacco in a factory. Rangpur, February 2008.

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A man shakes tobacco into hundreds of rolled bidis to distribute it evenly at a factory. Rangpur, May 2012.

A factory worker individually fills a rolled cigarette with tobacco. Rangpur, March 2009.

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Two children wait for their tobacco to fill the nearby bands of rolled cigarettes. Rangpur, June 2011.

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