Alex Masi Granted the 2012 FotoEvidence Book Award

[Muthamizh Vendhan]

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Alex Masi

Granted the 2012 FotoEvidence Book Award

For

Bhopal Second Disaster

Finalists Include:

Maxim Dondyuk: Tuburculosis Epidemic in Ukraine

              Michelle Frankfurter: Destino, Central American Migrants

   Vlad Sokhin: Crying Meri, Rape in Papua New Guinea

           Lisa Wiltse: Charcoal Kids of Ulingan, Manila, Philippines

Work of the winner and finalists can be viewed at FotoEvidence.com: 

2012 FotoEvidence Book Award

 The annual award recognizes a photographer whose work demonstrates courage and commitment in the pursuit of social justice.  FotoEvidence will publish Bhopal Second Disaster and mount a show of the work, and that of the four finalists, at the VII Photo Agency gallery in New York City.

Bhopal Second Disaster by Alex Masi provides a painful reminder of the long-term consequences of the industrial pollution. Twenty-eight years after the accidental release of the poisonous gas, at a Union Carbide industrial complex in India, killed more than 8,000 people, whole communities inhabit a polluted landscape with poisoned water that produces birth defects, neurogical damage, and an array of illnesses. The work captures the struggle of Masi's subjects but mixes it with moments of beauty and intimate tenderness.

About Alex Masi:  Masi's work investigates critical socio-environmental issues and human rights abuses in countries such as India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq. He has devoted his attention to exposing stories of human-made injustice, focusing mainly on children, their living conditions, their health and their human rights.

 

Masi believes documentary photography should to be an active catalyst in promoting awareness and political change and inspiring action by individuals, NGOs and governmental bodies. He strives to portray his subjects with intimacy and meaning. He aspires to convey emotions, to present images that stimulate our deeper and most innate feelings, our sense of empathy, justice, respect and brotherhood.

 

FotoEvidence is a publishing platform for documentary photographers whose work focuses on social justice and violations of human rights. Founded in 2010 by Svetlana Bachevanova, a long-time photojournalist, FotoEvidence continues the tradition of using photography to draw attention to assaults on human dignity wherever they may occur.

Every year the FotoEvidence Book Award recognizes a photographer, whose project documents evidence of social injustice, with the publication of a hard copy book.  In addition FotoEvidence will publish 10 photo books for the iPad this year.

 

Svetlana Bachevanova

Publisher

http://www.FotoEvidence.com

(347) 457 6425 office

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Alex Masi - Italy - Granted the 2012 FotoEvidence Book Award For BHOPAL Second Disaster

The annual award recognizes a photographer whose work demonstrates courage and commitment in the pursuit of social justice.  FotoEvidence will publish Bhopal Second Disaster and mount a show of the work, and that of the four finalists, at the VII Photo Agency gallery in New York City.

Bhopal Second Disaster by Alex Masi provides a painful reminder of the long-term consequences of the industrial pollution. Twenty-eight years after the accidental release of the poisonous gas, at a Union Carbide industrial complex in India, killed more than 8,000 people, whole communities inhabit a polluted landscape with poisoned water that produces birth defects, neurogical damage, and an array of illnesses. The work captures the struggle of Masi's subjects but mixes it with moments of beauty and intimate tenderness.

About Alex Masi:  Masi's work investigates critical socio-environmental issues and human rights abuses in countries such as India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq. He has devoted his attention to exposing stories of human-made injustice, focusing mainly on children, their living conditions, their health and their human rights.

 

Masi believes documentary photography should to be an active catalyst in promoting awareness and political change and inspiring action by individuals, NGOs and governmental bodies. He strives to portray his subjects with intimacy and meaning. He aspires to convey emotions, to present images that stimulate our deeper and most innate feelings, our sense of empathy, justice, respect and brotherhood.

 

FotoEvidence is a publishing platform for documentary photographers whose work focuses on social justice and violations of human rights. Founded in 2010 by Svetlana Bachevanova, a long-time photojournalist, FotoEvidence continues the tradition of using photography to draw attention to assaults on human dignity wherever they may occur.

Every year the FotoEvidence Book Award recognizes a photographer, whose project documents evidence of social injustice, with the publication of a hard copy book.  In addition FotoEvidence will publish 10 photo books for the iPad this year.

Almost three decades have passed since the infamous 1984 gas disaster caused by Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) in Bhopal, but many local families are still living the nightmare that began on December 3, 1984.

Half a million people were exposed to the toxic cloud released from the plant and thousands died within a few weeks from exposure, while all of the safety mechanisms in place failed to work. 

Its deadly legacy is not only affecting those who survived, but also their children, many of whom are suffering from severe neurological and physical disorders caused by the large-scale contamination of land and water that continues unabated today.

Toxic waste remains buried throughout the former Union Carbide industrial complex and is polluting the city’s underground water reservoirs. As many as 30.000 people are in danger from this contamination. To avoid the pollution they have to rely water that is expensive and many cannot afford.

DOW Chemical has recently been awarded a ten-year contract as a worldwide Olympic partner and as the official chemistry company for the Olympic Movement until 2020. The publicity deal, estimated to be at around US$ 150-200 million, come in addition to the UK£ 7 million Olympic Stadium wrap in London, for which the Olympic Committee has been largely criticized in the past few months.

Since DOW’s acquisition of Union Carbide in 2001, for a staggering US$ 11.6 billion, the American corporation has refused to accept any responsibility for remediation of Bhopal’s contamination.

Work of the winner and finalists can be viewed at FotoEvidence.com: 2012 FotoEvidence Book Award

http://www.fotoevidence.com/2012-bookaward-winners

http://www.fotoevidence.com/BookAward-Detail/345

http://www.fotoevidence.com/alex-masi-2012-fotoevidence-book-award-winner

http://actions.bhopal.net/ 

http://www.bhopal.org/ 

Muthamizh

Chennai