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| I went to Sivakasi, a small town in the south of Tamil Nadu to look for fireworks posters for my collection. |
Sivakasi is the capitol of the fireworks, offset printing and match industries. |
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Calendar printer. |
I met a few of the old time artists that produce work for calendars and posters |
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| Everything has gone onto the computer and the old styles are dying out. |
I met lots of fireworks dealers who helped me track down old fireworks posters. |
A match factory. |
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| Mixing up the red stuff. |
Packaging the matches. |
More than 100 people worked here. |
Good news and bad news - they offer childcare... |
...this is the childcare. |
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Following up a lead at a scrap paper dealer. |
The main office of one of the big fireworks companies. |
These printers were very excited to have visitors. |
They printed mostly matchbook covers. |