Bolivia, bureaucracy, Potosi, 2005. Bolivia-13/2005
Rodolfo Villca Flores (b. 1958) is chief supervisor of market and sanitary services of the municipality of Betanzos, Cornelio Saavedra province. Previously he worked as a bricklayer, electrician, plumber and handyman. Monthly salary: 1,150 bolivianos ($143)
Liberia, bureaucracy, 2006. Liberia-19/2006
Warford Weadatu Sr. (b. 1963), a former farmer and mail carrier, now is county commissioner (administrator) for Nyenawliken district, River Gee County. He has no budget and is not expecting any money soon from the poverty-stricken authorities in Monrovia. Monthly salary: 1,110 Liberian dollars ($20), but he hadn't received any salary for the previous year.
USA, bureaucracy, Texas, 2007. USA-11/2007
Shane Fenton (b. 1961) is sheriff of Crockett County (about 3000 inhabitants), Texas, and based in Ozona, the county seat. Monthly salary: $3,166
Yemen, bureaucracy, 2006. Yemen-03/2006
Nadja Ali Gayt (b. 1969) is an adviser at the Ministry of Agriculture s education center for rural women in the district of Manakhah, Sana Governorate. Monthly salary: 28,500 rial ($160)
What a tremendous amount of effort to put this book together.
ReplyDeleteI can only imagine the subjects wondering, as the flash goes off, what the hell am I doing? Is this going to come back to bite me? Will this get me promoted, or is this the end of my career?
Some great pics there.
ReplyDeleteWho thought bureaucrats could be so interesting?
ReplyDeleteNice to see photos of my bureaucratic brothers and sisters from around the world. Thank you for sharing those. I'm looking forward to visiting the link and seeing more.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't aware that you worked as a bureaucrat, Don. What was that like before the invention of the telephone?
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