burn diary posts
Sitting in a small village near the India-Pakistan border, Chiman Singh, 50, suffers from arsenic and heavy metal poisoning. His sunken red eyes scream the sadness that grips his village where many are suffering numerous illnesses, brought about by decades of excessive use of pesticides in the Punjab region of India. Having fed millions across …
Flying through the streets of Faridkot in north-west India, we spend most of the day in meetings and doing interviews. Scientists, NGOs, government…all covered. Have time to capture a couple of images from the passing car. Street life across India is hard not to love. Tomorrow we head into more rural areas, well off the …
A disabled child receives a massage at the Baba Farid Center for Special Children in Faridkot, India. The center provides therapeutic care to the growing number of children in Punjab that are being born with birth defects and disabilities. This rise is believed to be linked to increased exposure to uranium from coal-fired power station’s …
The view from my hotel as I wake up to my first morning in the state of Punjab, in the north-west of India, on the border with Pakistan. There is a quiet environmental and health crisis taking place here that I shall be documenting over the coming week. More updates soon… @sean_gallagher_photo This is part …
Hi Everyone – My name is Sean Gallagher, a British environmental photojournalist based in Asia. This month I am travelling across India documenting how various forms of pollution are affecting people and the environment here. My journey is supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and I have been in the …
This is my final post for @burndiary special thanks to David Alan Harvey, Diego Orlando, Kaya Lee Berne and the rest of the burn team. Photo by @kurt_lengfield
Coal blooded, Coal hearted is the motto of RS Mining located in McDowell County West Virginia. Here a dedicated team of miners work long hours extracting coal from the Caretta # 3 mine. Photo by @kurt_lengfield
$1.36 A gallon is what gas sold for the last time these pumps operated in McDowell County West Virginia. Photo by @kurt_lengfield
Geneva Brown is almost 91 years old and has lived all her life in McDowell County West Virginia.
