Over the last few days I have happened upon a few sets of powerful images that tell the story of the effects of our current economy's product life-cycle. The idea that pictures and video are compelling ways to deliver a message is well known, but these images are a reminder that even one powerful image might be enough to move a consumer or community to action:
I have read about the "giant garbage patch the size of Texas," but Chris Jordan's photos of Albatross Chicks on Midway Atoll really make it hard to ignore:
It is one thing to hear stats about heavy pollution in China, but Lu Guang's photo documentary project “Pollution in China” drives right to a personal level:
Another set of images from China were compiled into a video that explains the issue with e-waste better than any set of charts and graphs can do. There is also a 60-minutes story about the same town.
Each of these image sets represent only a tiny piece of large, wicked problems. The images only help us to understand, but without understanding a viable solution isn't likely.
