Though not directly discussion it, Michael Wolf’s picture series clearly illustrates Karl Marx’s ideas of alienation of labor. Marx argues that a worker “does not feel content but unhappy” (6) when he alienates himself from its labor. Wolf exhibit a collection of images of toy factory workers whose working conditions and salaries are insufficient to cover even basic needs. Thus, the illustrates what Marx argued that when a worker alienates himself from his work, “his labor is therefore not voluntary, but coerced” (6). Those workers are forced to work hours and hours without even getting paid enough for basic human needs. However, they have to do so because of capitalism; unfortunately, those factories belong to the few that own private property
