Day 106: Through the lens: Capturing Northern Thailand's corn harvest

It's harvest time on the steep slopes of Northern Thailand. Photo: Isaac Stone Simonelli

IN RAPTURE at the sight of the weathered Thais and Hill Tribes people harvesting crops from the mountainsides yesterday, I vowed to spend today documenting all the elements of the process in pictures.

So standing there in a rain of corn husks the camera fired away in my hands.

Corn is collected from the steep slopes in large bags and then shelled. Photos: Isaac Stone Simonelli

Taking a bird's eye view of the operation. Video: Isaac Stone Sionelli. Music: Josh Woodward.

The faces of hard labor in rural Thailand. Photos: Isaac Stone Simonelli

The crew takes a break. Photo: Isaac Stone Simonelli

Even the kids are on site to help out. Photos: Isaac Stone Simonelli

It snows corn husks as golden kernels pile up in the dump truck. Photos: Isaac Stone Simonelli

The clouds entwine themselves with the crops. Photo: Isaac Stone Simonelli

Corn cobs are piled into old plastic rice bags and rolled down the hillside, at least when the field is uphill from the main drag. Photos: Isaac Stone Simonelli