Eric Demay

In chinese, the word mingong is used to describe the entire floating population of workers who are coming into cites, leaving the poverty of the countryside for hopes of a better life. « Bearing their heavy packs, groups of men from the same village wander from town to town looking for work on a building site or a place to sleep. They are the mingong, the modern slaves who are building tomorrow’s China and whose numbers are estimated at two hundred million. » Patrick Zachmann presents a photographic series on the topic.