When most people think of the Arabian peninsula, they think of the opulent man-made islands of Dubai and that city's sparking, futuristic towers, or the World Cup stadiums rising from the desert in Qatar. But with his series Crossings, Arko Datto shifts the attention to the millions of migrant workers from throughout Asia who are building these structures.

Datto used Google Maps and Google Earth to capture the vast highways, sprawling landscapes, and grand projects that laborers have built under conditions that border on slavery.

Though it might seem more obvious to make portraits of workers, Datto finds the results of their labor equally ominous. The somewhat abstract aerial images highlight the extent of their contributions—and the exploitation so integral to the region's growth. It's also a metaphor—Datto didn't photograph the workers individually or document their living conditions because they are essentially unseen by the society so thoroughly reliant upon them.