MetaFilter posts tagged with pollution and photography

Baby birds eat our plastic.

typewriter — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:14:36 -0800

The nesting babies are fed bellies-full of plastic by their parents, who soar out over the vast polluted ocean collecting what looks to them like food to bring back to their young. (warning: photos of dead birds)

Living in Hell

WPW — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:22:13 -0800

Infernal Landscapes. The work of Lu Guang, who has been given this year's $30,000 W Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography. It's inescapably reminiscent of the work of Edward Burtynsky.

Arresting photographs of pollution.

erikvan — Fri, 22 May 2009 07:36:05 -0800

Swimming in sewage.

Contemporary Photography and the Environmental Debate

homunculus — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:10:24 -0800

Imaging a Shattering Earth: Contemporary Photography and the Environmental Debate. Featuring the work of Edward Burtynsky (previously), John Ganis, Peter Goin, Emmet Gowin, David T. Hanson, Jonathan Long, David Maisel (previously), David McMillan (previously), Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison (previously), John Pfahl, and Mark Ruwedel. Via wood s lot.

Industrial Scars

homunculus — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:10:07 -0800

Industrial Scars. Photography by J. Henry Fair. [Via The Underwire.]

Where do supertankers go when they die?

monju_bosatsu — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 15:04:09 -0800

The Chittagong ship-breaking yards in Bangladesh disassemble half of the world's supertankers. Shipbreaking, though profitable, is not particularly safe for either the workers in the shipyard or the surrounding environment. It does, however, make for some spectacular pictures. Also, pinpoint the location of the shipyard and explore via satellite with Google Earth.