| Crude Reflections / Cruda Realidad: Oil, Ruin and Resistance in the Amazon Rainforest Contributor(s): Dematteis, Lou (Author), Szymczak, Kayana (Author), Sting (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0872864715 ISBN-13: 9780872864719 Publisher: City Lights Books OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Language: Spanish Published: July 2008 Annotation: "Crude Reflections "chronicles the human and environmental impact of oil drilling in the Ecuadorian Amazon, where the pollution is so extensive that medical experts currently predict thousands of deaths from cancer and the disappearance of five indigenous rainforest communities. Photographers Lou Dematteis and Kayana Szymczak have documented the physical and emotional reality of those affected by this toxic contamination, roughly thirty times greater than the more widely reported Exxon Valdez oil spill. Their powerful images are accompanied by moving first-person testimonies from the victims, and the uplifting story of efforts by local communities to seek justice and to prevent further drilling. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General - Photography | Photoessays & Documentaries - Nature | Ecosystems & Habitats - General |
| Dewey: 363.738 |
| LCCN: 2008062310 |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 9.96" W x 8.46" (1.18 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Crude Reflections chronicles the human and environmental impact of oil drilling in the Ecuadorian Amazon, where the pollution is so extensive that medical experts currently predict thousands of deaths from cancer and the disappearance of five indigenous rainforest communities. Photographers Lou Dematteis and Kayana Szymczak have documented the physical and emotional reality of those affected by this toxic contamination, roughly thirty times greater than the more widely reported Exxon Valdez oil spill. Their powerful images are accompanied by moving first-person testimonies from the victims, and the uplifting story of efforts by local communities to seek justice and to prevent further drilling. |