Photo by
Erika Blumenfeld 2010
"Here's where they are trying to block a pass to keep the oil from getting into the bay," Charlie explains while banking the plane so Erika can get a clear view, "But the wolf is already in the hen house."
It is impossible to articulate the futility of these cleanup and preventative efforts.
Photo by Erika
Blumenfeld 2010
We do not see one marsh island surrounded by boom that has actually kept oil or sheen from reaching it.
Photo by Erika
Blumenfeld 2010
But, again, we are looking at a company that only by threat of lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity agreed to stop incinerating endangered sea turtles alive.
Erika Blumenfeld is an internationally exhibiting artist and
Guggenheim fellow with a BFA in photography from Parsons School of
Design. She is known for her Light Recordings series and her ambitious
work The Polar Project, a series of environment-focused artworks that
document the environment of Antarctica and the Arctic. Blumenfeld's
installations have been exhibited widely in galleries and museums in the
US and abroad and have been featured in Art In America, ARTnews and
more than half a dozen books. She is posting her photographs of the Gulf
Coast on her blog.
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