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Monthly Archives: September 2009
Trailside encounter
Early one morning I was out photographing along a meadow trail strewn with decaying albatross carcasses. The sun had just risen, and my camera was set up to photograph the exposed body cavity of an albatross chick filled with multicolored plastic.
I heard the sound of a motor approaching, and looked up to see one of [...]
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Ghost Net
A day off for snorkeling turns into a mission to recover a ghost net.
Video by Bill Weaver, voice over by Chris Jordan. Music by Christen Lien.
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From here forward…
I’m confused by the abundant life and abundant plastic pollution here. It’s easy to slip into a fantasy that a sort of balance has been achieved on Midway Atoll. Birds nesting amidst plastic cigarette lighters, bottle caps, toys, umpteen bits and pieces of plastic; turtles pulling up on the beach to rest among plastic buoys [...]
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A Glimpse of the Tragedy
Until now, we have not shown the carcasses of the albatross chicks that Chris Jordan has been photographing, stuffed with plastic beyond belief.
So much plastic, and in such bizarre combinations of objects and colors, that we recently posted a video in which Chris explains his photography ethic: no plastic is added to any photo, and [...]
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Papahanaumokuakea
In the middle of the Pacific lies a sandy island, where seabirds and humans mingle in a process of renewal and soul-searching. A place where the middle of nowhere becomes not only the middle of somewhere, but the heart of everything.
Midway Atoll is a place of ancient power. A revered elder in a long dynasty [...]
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Midway through the lens of Kittipong Janthasang
A large percentage of the permanent residents of Midway are Thai workers, hired by a company called Chugach which provides many services to the island, from maintenance, to food and lodging.
Kittipong Janthasang is a Bangkok native who has lived on Midway for three years. We can find him pulling invasive weeds from the fields and [...]
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The Best Gear Possible
Capturing high-resolution images thousands of miles from a camera store means having the best tools possible and a lot of redundancy. In this clip, Bill Weaver profiles some of the technology Chris Jordan has brought to Midway.
Video by Bill Weaver
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Summary of Day 7, by Chris Jordan
Chris Jordan summarizes our visit to Eastern island on day 7 of our Journey, and shows 2 minute’s worth of plastic collected at random on the beach by him and Victora Sloan Jordan.
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Reflections from Midway
Dear friends,
I thought I’d check in at the halfway point of our trip. First of all, greetings! I wish I could snap my fingers and you would all appear here with us.
In terms of my photographic work so far, my primary feeling is one of anxious urgency. What I am seeing through my viewfinder is [...]
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A visit to Eastern Island