Credits
Photo credits
Some photographs were supplied by Spiceman Exports. The rest are openly licensed and used with thanks to their authors; they illustrate the goods and the trade in general, not Spiceman Exports' own stock or premises. Each has been resized, cropped and lightly colour-graded.
Close-up of dried black peppercorns
Piper nigrum Dried fruits with and without pericarp - Penja Cameroun.jpg by Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0
A heap of dried turmeric fingers
A close-up view of dried turmeric roots fills the frame, showing their natura… by Bigul Malayi, CC0 1.0
A heap of dried red chillies with their stems on
Dried chillies 4.jpg by Richard Mortel, CC BY 2.0
Green cardamom pods in a brass bowl
Green Cardamom Pods.jpg by Misterneedlemouse, CC0
Close-up of coriander seeds
Coriander Seeds.jpg by Sanjay Acharya, CC BY-SA 4.0
A heap of cumin seeds
Supplied by Spiceman Exports
A pile of golden fenugreek seeds
Fenugreek seed.JPG by Miansari66, Public domain
Close-up of brown mustard seeds
Black mustard seeds.jpg by Theredgiant, CC BY-SA 4.0
Long-grain white basmati rice in a wooden bowl
Supplied by Spiceman Exports (AI-generated image)
White ponni rice in a wooden bowl beside ripe rice stalks
Supplied by Spiceman Exports (AI-generated image)
Close-up of split toor dal
Pigeon Pea (Toor Dal) (49683602388).jpg by Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0
Close-up of whole green moong
Green Mung Beans.jpg by Sanjay Acharya, CC BY-SA 4.0
Whole white urad, skinned black gram, in a wooden bowl with a scoop
White whole urad dal by indiamart.com, Supplied by the client
Split black urad dal with skin in a bowl
Organic urad dal by ifestore.com, Supplied by the client
Close-up of split red masoor
Red lentils (1).jpg by Fumikas Sagisavas, CC0
A heap of small red shallots
Shallot background by Freepik, Freepik free licence (attribution)
Red onions piled in a woven basket
Close up view of basket of red onions by Freepik, Freepik free licence (attribution)
Rows of pigeon pea plants in red soil
Pigeon Pea field in Andhra Pradesh (96030).jpg by PJeganathan, CC BY-SA 3.0
Green pepper spikes hanging on the vine
Piper nigrum 04236.jpg by Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0
Spices spread on round mats to dry in the sun
Drying spices.jpg by Arie Basuki, CC BY-SA 4.0
Hands sorting dried spices over a woven basket
Clove sorting.jpg by Daniel Msirikale, CC BY-SA 4.0
Filled jute sacks of rice
Bird on a sack of rice.jpg by Kritzolina, CC BY-SA 4.0
Stacked shipping containers at a port
Containers Rotterdam.JPG by Steven Lek, CC BY-SA 4.0
A container ship on the open sea
Container ship in Koper 2013.jpg by Martin Dörsch, CC0
A white cargo freighter aircraft on the taxiway
N791CK Kalitta Air B747 Freighter (9556048675).jpg by RHL Images from England, CC BY-SA 2.0
Air cargo containers on a loader beside a passenger jet
Unloading JAL 747.jpg by Dtom, Public domain