Pavadairayan, 60, a migrant laborer known as a "basket man," carries fish in a basket on his head from boats to the auction house at Kasimedu Fishing Harbour in Chennai, India.

PHOTOS: The precarious life of fisherfolk

Pavadairayan, 60, a migrant laborer known as a “basket man,” carries fish from boats to the auction house at Kasimedu Fishing Harbour in Chennai, India.

Pavadairayan, 60, a migrant laborer known as a “basket man,” carries fish in a basket on his head from boats to the auction house at Kasimedu Fishing Harbour in Chennai, India. Viraj Nayar

Viraj Nayar

He works from 2 a.m. to 7 a.m. every day. In pitch darkness, he carries baskets of fish on his head from boats in Kasimedu harbor to the auction house, navigating slimy and damp pathways littered with fish scales and

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