These photos of Cameroonian miners with incredibly-sculpted bodies have made our day
The Cameroonian tribesmen have developed ripped bodies from diving an average of 100 times a day to collect wet sand from the river bed.
Cameroonian artisanal miners go diving in the Wouri river an average of 100 times a day for wet sand [Hugh Brown/SWNS.com]
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Australian photographer Hugh Brown captured a group of men working as artisanal miners in along the Wouri river in Cameroon.
In the search of capturing men and women working in some of the most 'spectacular', remote and 'dangerous' work environments, he found the subsistence miners fetching wet sand from the river bed to be transported up the river and sold for construction purposes.
![Cameroonian artisanal miners go diving in the Wouri river an average of 100 times a day for wet sand [Hugh Brown/SWNS.com]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'790'%20height%3D'506'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "Cameroonian artisanal miners go diving in the Wouri river an average of 100 times a day for wet sand [Hugh Brown/SWNS.com]")
Cameroonian artisanal miners go diving in the Wouri river an average of 100 times a day for wet sand [Hugh Brown/SWNS.com]
Hugh Brown/SWNS.com
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The men are not officially employed by any company, but work independently.
![Cameroonian artisanal miners go diving in the Wouri river an average of 100 times a day for wet sand [Hugh Brown/SWNS.com]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'790'%20height%3D'478'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "Cameroonian artisanal miners go diving in the Wouri river an average of 100 times a day for wet sand [Hugh Brown/SWNS.com]")
Cameroonian artisanal miners go diving in the Wouri river an average of 100 times a day for wet sand [Hugh Brown/SWNS.com]
Hugh Brown/SWNS.com
The divers risk their lives daily to make a living out of jumping to the bottom at least a 100 times in a shift. They make use of 3 kg steel buckets with holes punched in the bottom that aids the sand collect in the bucket.
![Cameroonian artisanal miners go diving in the Wouri river an average of 100 times a day for wet sand [Hugh Brown/SWNS.com]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'790'%20height%3D'923'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "Cameroonian artisanal miners go diving in the Wouri river an average of 100 times a day for wet sand [Hugh Brown/SWNS.com]")
Cameroonian artisanal miners go diving in the Wouri river an average of 100 times a day for wet sand [Hugh Brown/SWNS.com]
Hugh Brown/SWNS.com
Not only do the men have incredibly muscular physiques, they give sultry poses that make them look like they belong on the cover of a big editorial.
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Hugh aims to make these artisanal miners the subject of a major photo art book and will also be the subject of a major feature documentary film.
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![A reconstruction of Lady Dai (or Xin Zhui) the most preserved dead body in the world [thearcheologist]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'300'%20height%3D'172'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "A reconstruction of Lady Dai (or Xin Zhui) the most preserved dead body in the world [thearcheologist]")