Because the work is so similar, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics groups bricklayers with blocklayers. Workers in these occupations earned an average annual salary of $50,000 in 2013. Most worked for foundation, structure and building exterior contractors, where the average salary was $49,4...
Bule created a contemporary version of August Sander’s 1928 portrait The Bricklayer, with a portrait of a colleague she met while working in the restaurant industry, replacing the bricks carried on the original subject’s shoulders with piles of dirty dishes and the American flag fo...