The Gig Economy | Sina “Witness”
Chin-Chen—Sina “Witness”
In the early morning at the San He Talent Market in the factory-filled district of Long Hua on the outskirts of Shenzhen, a group of young drifters start to check the job boards looking for day-pay work that could be anything from passing out brochures on the street, serving as a paid audience member at a marketing event, or even renting out their national identity card for the day—or selling it on the black market. If they get paid, they bunk at cheap hostels. If they don’t, they spend the night at an Internet café. It’s hard to make long-term plans. The subjects of the photos have come here for different reasons and wind up developing different feelings about whether they should stay or leave.
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In the early morning at the San He Talent Market in the factory-filled district of Long Hua on the outskirts of Shenzhen, a group of young drifters start to check the job boards looking for day-pay work that could be anything from passing out brochures on the street, serving as a paid audience member at a marketing event, or even renting out their national identity card for the day—or selling it on the black market. If they get paid, they bunk at cheap hostels. If they don’t, they spend the night at an Internet café. It’s hard to make long-term plans. The subjects of the photos have come here for different reasons and wind up developing different feelings about whether they should stay or leave.