Traditional Leather Tanning

Scenes from historic tanneries in Morocco, featuring workers dyeing and processing animal hides in colorful basins amidst a vibrant, busy setting.

Top View of Circular Brown Dyeing Vats in the Historic Chouara Tannery, Fes, Morocco

Fes, Morocco on February 22, 2018: A group of tourists walk along the stone vessels containing dyes, tanneries, Fez, Morocco, Africa

Workers, Chouwara tanners' and dyers' quarter in Fes El Bali, Medina, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Fes, Craftsmen working on leather in a traditional tannery, Northern Morocco, Morocco, Traditional Moroccan tannery with numerous round barrels in a city environment, Fes, Northern Morocco, Morocco, Africa

Chouwara traditional leather tannery in Old Fez, vats for tanning and dyeing leather hides and skins, Fez, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Sahajanpur, Bangladesh - 19 December 2021: Aerial view of a person working with clay pots in a factory, Bangladesh.

India, Kashmir, Srinagar. A potter uses a wheel to sculpt a pot in Srinagar, Kashmir, India. (Editorial Usage Only)

Tanneries for dyeing leather, the dyer District in Fes el-Bali, Fes, Morocco.

Asia, China, Yunnan Province, Jianshui. Native draws water from ancient Big Well (Dabanjing)

SMALL BUSINESS, COLOMBIA. Jose Jimenez in his metal-plating workshop at his home. . Small businesses are thought to generate about 25% of Latin Americas GNP.

Local potter making earthenware pots for food storage and cooking, Saijpur Ras, Gujarat, India, Asia

Rail stack

Worker sorting out pottery after the burning process, Kathmandu Valley, Thimi, Kathmandu District, Bagmati Zone, Nepal, Asia

Aerial view of Women at work on the preparation of natural fabric, Barga, Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

Peru, Cusco, Salinas, Man Working On Salt Terraces Near Maras Used To Collect Salt By Evaporation Since Inca Times.

Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. USA. Middleton Plantation. Stone corn grinder

Famous tannery in the medina of Fes, where leather is being processed for generations Famous tannery in the medina of Fes, where leather is being processed for generations, Morocco Copyright: xZoonar.com/imagoDensx 21543204

Worker mining for salt, Salineras de Maras, Maras Salt Flats, Sacred Valley, Peru, South America

Worker in Dharavi recycling color dyes for use in industries at Dharavi ; Bombay Mumbai ; Maharashtra ; India

drums on Arctic coast Rusty fuel and chemical drums on Arctic coast Copyright: xZoonar.com/max5128x 4382442

Tobacco leaves drying in a barn, Pinar del Rio, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

The dyeing pits of one of the largest leather tanneries in Fez.

Dhaka, Bangladesh - 16 January 2019: View of a potter amidst a sea of earthen pots, their terracotta hues contrasting sharply with his vibrant attire, creating a scene of artistry.

People working in Brickworks, Nepal. (Photo by: BSIP/UIG via Getty Images)

Jordan, Amman. Display of traditional carpet weaving and looms in Roman Amphitheater's Historical Museum.

People working in the Salinas de Maras, Sacred Valley, Peru, South America

Lalibela, Ethiopia, Farmers at work in a field in the outskirts of the country.

China, Guizhou Province, Zhenfeng. Yaoxiao Village made glazed pottery since Ming Dynasty

Traditional wood_burning clay oven, Nepal, Asia

Morocco, Fes, leather tannery, dyeing factory, Medina, Fes, Tannery Sidi Moussa

South America, Argentina, Province Salta, Iruya. Traditional adobe making (brick making out of soil) for house construction in the North of Argentina

Bogura, Bangladesh - 17 April 2022: View of a man in traditional attire amidst golden strands of drying noodles, a textural tapestry under the open sky.

Morocco, Fes, Chouwara Tanneries. Stripping Fleece From Skins Before Dyeing.

TWO WORKERS WEARING FACE MASKS HOLDING BLOCK OF TILE

Forge in Dakhla Oasis, Libyan Desert, Egypt, Africa

Hemayetpur, Bangladesh - 04 August 2021: View of a worker amidst rows of raw leather hides, their varied textures and tones creating a stark industrial landscape.

Faridpur, Bangladesh, January 12, 2026 Volunteers prepare meals on thousands of stoves during the annual Urs at the World Zaker Manzil shrine in Faridpur.

Man in the middle of big pile of wine jars stacked up at a local rice winery, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China

Workers at the Berber leather tannery.

Forge in Dakhla Oasis, Libyan Desert, Egypt, Africa

Grain mill in Dakhla Oasis, Libyan Desert, Egypt, Africa

Traditional tannery with dyeing vats for animal skins, Marrakech, Morocco, Africa

Men crushing and pressing olives in an olive press. Method of weighting the press. Great pressure realised by means of leverage ca. 1920.

Brick factory where families are making bricks with clay before drying them under the sun and in oven using straws. There is about 25 millions people (men, women, kids) working in the 100 000 bricks factories in India. Rajasthan. India

Tibet, the Gepel water mill between Gyantse and Gempi

Africa, Morocco, Fes. Man working with cloth in tannery pot.

Brick factory where families are making bricks with clay before drying them under the sun and in oven using straws. There is about 25 millions people (men, women, kids) working in the 100 000 bricks factories in India. Rajasthan. India

England, Lincolnshire, Grimbsy, national Fishing Heritage Centre museum, exhibit, sailors with catch,

Workers, Chouwara tanning and dyeing district in Fes El Bali, Medina, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Fes, Craftsmen working on leather in a traditional tannery, Northern Morocco, Morocco, Several men working in a leather tannery and using barrels, Fes, Northern Morocco, Morocco, Africa

Asia, India, Calcutta. A cart of fresh clay the potter's village of Kumartuli in Calcutta.

Growing crops as part of biofuels production in Brazil

Famous tannery in the medina of Fes, where leather is being processed for generations, Morocco, Africa

Morocco - Pottery production in the potters' co-operative of Tamegroute, a well-known pottery centre. Draa valley, southern Morocco.

Fes, Morocco, A donkeys takes dried leather from a tannery in the medina of Fes, Morocco

Sale of coal and firewood on the road Malawi

Drying fish meat in the sun, Canelas Is, Para, N Brazil

Workshops potters seen from the outside Djerba Tunisia

Masonry stone wall construction with mortar and brick hammer trowel tools DIY

Marrakech Tanneries, Marrakesh, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Brick factory where families are making bricks with clay before drying them under the sun and in oven using straws. There is about 25 millions people (men, women, kids) working in the 100 000 bricks factories in India. Rajasthan. India

View of stone carving at Morsy Alabaster Factories near Luxor, Luxor, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Man lifting pan with cement onto a scaffold, construction of brick houses for families whose houses were destroyed during the flood catastrophe of 2010, Lashari Wala village near Muzaffaragarh, Punjab, Pakistan, Asia

A bustling tannery with workers amidst vibrant dye pits in an ancient cityscape.

View of a worker stirring large vats under the sun, a sea of earthen vessels and rustic hats creating a timeless tableau, Xiapu, Fujian, China.

Tannery, Fez, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

India, Rajasthan, Jodhpur, potter turning wheel,

Ghana, Workers loading bags with cocoa for export

Miner emptying an ore container inside the silver mines, Potosi, Bolivia, South America

Restoration work in Gaochang, China

CHARCOAL MARKET, HAITI. Gonaives - small piles of charcoal for sale. . 95% of Haitis rainforest has been cut downsince 1960 to make charcoal cooking fuel. Without trees the top soil is rapidly eroded.

South America, Argentina, Province Jujuy, Tilcara. Traditional adobe making (brick making out of soil) for house construction in the North of Argentina

Tanneries in Old Fez, Morocco. In pits they are coloured using natural dyes.

Leather worker at moroccan tannery in fez

Tanneries, Medina, Fez, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Workers, Chouwara tanners' and dyers' quarter in Fes El Bali, Medina, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Fes, Craftsmen working on leather in a traditional tannery, Northern Morocco, Morocco, Panoramic view of an extensive tannery with traditionally arranged basins in a town, Fes, Northern Morocco, Morocco, Africa

Ethiopia, Assale, Afar Region. A salt miner cuts slabs of salt into regulation blocks called amole. He will earn 4 birr per block (US cents 20) toiling in the intense heat of a place which has been dubbed the hottest on earth.

Silk dye at a silk making workshop outside Vientiane, Laos, Southeast Asia, Asia

Tannery, Fez, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Lahore, Pakistan - 21 December 2025: View of men in traditional clothing seated amongst stacks of metal wheels, the scene bathed in warm sunlight casting long shadows.

Bogura, Bangladesh - 17 April 2022: View of workers meticulously arranging round, flat dough portions on a dark surface under the dim glow of industrial lighting, next to large, open oven lids.

Making clay bricks, Neloor Maravappalayam, near Karur, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Worker in one of the vats used for tanning leather, tanners and dyers quarter, Fez, Morocco, Africa

Uighur people sorting raisin in front of grape drying house, Turpan, Xinjiang Province, Silk Road, China

A clay kiln for firing clay water jugs, two potters puting more firewood on the kiln, in front stacked finished water jugs, Bishnoi, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Fishermen mending nets at the port of Essaouira Morocco

FES, MOROCCO, ARIL 10, 2023, Famous tannery in the medina of Fes, where leather is being processed for generations, Morocco, Africa

Asia, China, Guizhou Province, Xingyi. Woman molds heating and cooking briquets from coal mix. (Editorial Usage Only)

Dhaka, Bangladesh - 12 January 2019: View of a craftsman skillfully hammering a large, tarnished propeller in a dimly lit workshop, surrounded by other bronze propellers.

Poll photo collection. Cork industry in Llagostera (Catalonia region). Worker brings the crops corks from the sterilizing liquid. undated. Llagostera, Spain

Nepal, Bhaktapur, Potter´s Square, local man shaping clay pots, finished pots out on display..

The production of traditional Bambara tribe Bogolanfini or bogolan, a handmade Malian cotton fabric traditionally dyed with fermented mud, at a small factory in Segou, a city in the center of Mali, West Africa.

Workshop making teapots and pottery, Yixing, Jiangsu Province, China

Africa, Morocco, Fes. Overview of tannery pools used to dye cloth.

Metalworking area of Medina, Tripoli, Libya

Dhamrai, Bangladesh - 26 March 2019: Aerial view of a few people working in a brick factory, Dhaka province, Bangladesh.

Tanning vats, animal hides and workers at the Tannerie Al-Shoura tannery, Fes, Fès-Meknès, Morocco

Man pushing a cart loaded with wine jars in a winery, Zhejiang Province, China. (Editorial Use Only)

Workshop where peanuts are transformed into klui klui sticks in central Benin.

Male labourers loading raw cotton on truck marketing yard, Rajkot, Gujarat, India Copyright: xMadhusudanxManek/DinodiaxPhotox

Brick production in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Africa

Worker dyeing leather, basin with paint, dyeing, tannery Tannerie Chouara, tanner and dyer quarter, Fes el Bali, Fes, Morocco, Africa

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