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Author Archives: Manuel Maqueda
First photos released!
Chris has released and posted on his website a selection of his photographs under the title “Message from the Gyre”. In Chris’ words: These photographs of albatross chicks were made just a few weeks ago on Midway Atoll, a tiny stretch of sand and coral near the middle of the North Pacific. The nesting babies [...]
Midway Brushstrokes 2
In the midst of the tragedy of plastic pollution on Midway, Jan Vozenilek’s camera tuns, for an instant, to the triumph of life over decay. During our journey, Jan would occasionally steal away from the group, and wander alone in the island with his camera. The rest of us would wonder where he was, and [...]
A visit to Eastern Island
Midway Atoll is actually composed of two small islands, Sand Island -which is the largest and the only one inhabited- and Eastern Island, slightly over one mile long, and separated from Sand Island by a narrow channel that provides access to the interior of the lagoon. Matt Brown, Manager of the Midway Atoll National Wildlife [...]
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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, [...]
Posted in Videos Tagged albatross, carcass, chris jordan, code of ethic, midway, midway journey, midwayj, plastic, plastic pollution 1 Comment
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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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Photography Ethics
The amount of plastic objects that we are finding inside of the albatross carcasses that cover Midway Island is so shocking that it might be hard to believe. As soon as we landed on the island, we all agreed to adhere to a strict work ethic that is summarized in these three rules: No plastic [...]
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Plastic Beach