Sulphur Miners in Kawah Ijen

In the heart of East Java, Indonesia, miners toil in the treacherous crater of Kawah Ijen, extracting sulphur by hand amid toxic fumes. With makeshift tools, they break apart chunks of solidified sulphur, carrying loads weighing up to 90 kg up the steep crater walls — all for meager pay. I followed the miners whose resilience and determination paint a powerful story of survival. I captured their relentless labor and the human spirit that endures even in the harshest conditions.