| This is the last CSR Newsletter of the Fall semester. Happy Holidays and I will see you in the New Year! |
I try and keep the opening and closing newsletters of the term a little shorter, as things are just getting going or just winding down, and I figure you are all busy doing other things. The article in the url below makes this easy because it is about a photograph that has been shortlisted this year for the Prix Pictet prize in London. The nominated photograph was taken at a garbage dump in Senegal, which is named Mbeubeuss:
"The land on which it sits was once flat swampland. It began as a landfill site in 1968; today, it is a mountain of rubbish. It has accumulated so much plastic waste from the city that to reach it you have to drive on a road of compacted trash."
The article features an interview with the photographer, Fabrice Monteiro, so I'll let you read more into the photograph and how it came about, if you would like. For this newsletter, I think the photograph speaks loudly enough for itself:
As the photographer concludes:
"Across all I do, I'm interested in identity and how we separate ourselves from those we consider the 'other.' Throughout history, humankind has created an idea of the other in order to justify his or her exploitation. It is an idea that was central to slavery and colonialism. But it's also at the heart of our approach to the environment. Only because we see ourselves as apart from the natural world, or superior to it, can we continue to treat it this way."
For more environmental photography, there is a related story here.
Take care
David
David Chandler
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Fabrice Monteiro's best photograph: A spirit emerges from a rubbish dump in Senegal
By Edward Siddons
November 24, 2021
The Guardian
