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• n  an unskilled person who picks up rags from trash cans and public dumps as a means of livelihood

• The ragpicker (Sachiko Hidari), a painter who never acted before, is as narrow as a rice stalk, so emaciated that he sometimes seems to have two profiles in search of a face.
• To eke out a living, his mother worked as a ragpicker.
• Employment: ragpicker, scrap metal dealer, entrepreneur, double agent.

News & Articles

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• Review: Steve Roden's 'Ragpicker' enchants with underdog charm
  “Ragpicker,” Steve Roden’s oddly enchanting exhibition at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, rambles through three galleries. Any one would be enough for a satisfying solo show, but the L.A. artist never settles for good enough.
  Oct. 4, 2013 - Los Angeles Times

Quotes

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• Andre Vingt-Trois in Catholic Courier
  She understood that to love those needing food to survive meant being linked with them through her lifestyle, by sharing their misery and encouraging them to get out of it,said Cardinal Vingt-Trois. "She became a ragpicker among...
• Paramara in Times of India
  AHMEDABAD: "My mother is a ragpicker and my father a construction labourer. My grandmother, who stays with us, does not want me to join school. It's my mother who supports me and makes me attend Teach India classes," said Rakesh Parmar, class I...