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Hot off the Press | Crude Reflections
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In photographs and testimonials, Crude Reflections: Oil, Ruin and Resistance in the Amazon Rainforest chronicles the human and environmental impact of oil drilling in the Ecuadoran Amazon, where the pollution is so extensive that experts predict it will lead to thousands of deaths from cancer and the disappearance of five indigenous rainforest communities if left as is. Community leaders and doctors already report elevated rates of cancer in the region, as well as birth defects. Photographers Lou Dematteis and Kayana Szymczak have documented the physical and emotional reality of those affected by this toxic contamination, roughly 30 times greater than the more widely reported Exxon Valdez spill.
Crude Reflections serves as a testament to Goldman Environmental Prize winners Luis Yanza and Pablo Fajardo's campaign for justice in Ecuador. They lead five indigenous groups and 80 rainforest communities in a landmark legal case against Chevron. While focused on one geographic region, their campaign and Crude Reflections makes a statement about the need for safe environmental practices and the importance of ecological preservation throughout the world.
Text accompanying photos is in Spanish and English.
"Crude Reflections tells a harrowing tale through the eyes of two photographers hell bent on saving the heart of the world. Lou Dematteis and Kayana Szymczak take no prisoners with this potent book."
--Donna Ferrato, author of Living with the Enemy
Crude Reflections: Oil, Ruin and Resistance in the Amazon Rainforest
by Lou Dematteis and Kayana Szymczak
Foreword by Trudie Styler and Sting
Hardcover Edition | ISBN 978-0-87286-472-6 | $40.00
Paperback Edition | ISBN 978-0-87286-471-9 | $24.95
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