Life on landfill: the people who scrape a living from our waste – in pictures

Laura El-Tantawy: Pang’Ono, Pang’Ono

This series, on the physical toll the quest for clean water takes on women in Malawi, was originally commissioned by WaterAid and Wimbledon Foundation. It’s title is a phrase used in Malawi meaning little by little. This image is of Margaret Tobias, 35, who has four children, and fetches water four times a day. ‘While grounded in real-world narratives, my approach is guided by a lyrical way of seeing and shaped by a desire to evoke rather than explain’