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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 what [...]
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Plastic Water
Scientists say that plastic now outweighs plankton 6 to 1 in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The lagoon of Midway Atoll is the perfect laboratory to witness all sizes of plastic slowly breaking down into smaller and smaller pieces. A variety of plastic washes up on the beaches daily, but not [...]
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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 Refuge, [...]
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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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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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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 added. [...]
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Plastic Beach