Recap of #ReframeClimate with #Dysturb at LOOK3 Festival

Our #reframeclimate campaign is happening now at Landmark Hotel! One of the images to be pasted is Sima Diab's (@sima_diab) photograph of men packing dried alfalfa in Toshka, Egypt. In this clip, Sima speaks about the effect of #climatechange on the country & how Egypt has tried to combat water scarcity. The caption of Sima's image: Toshka, Egypt. October 28, 2015. Men pack dried alfalfa wheat in Toshka, Egypt at the edge of the Sahara desert. Toshka is a long-standing government project, aiming at converting desert into agricultural land. Water degradation due to pesticide use and factory waste dumping are the main culprits in contaminating the Nile, and the government's attempt at creating an infrastructure in the desert climate is proving to be highly energy and water consuming. The Nile, being the main water supply, uses 80% of its water for irrigation of agricultural lands, yet Egypt still imports half of its wheat; making the country at risk of becoming water scarce. ____________________________________________________ @magnumfoundation @look3festival @itp_nyu @yalefes @everydayclimatechange #reframeclimate #look3festival2016 #magnumfoundation #photojournalism #water #irrigation #agriculture #desert #waterscarcity #drought #environment

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Are you in #Charlottesville? Be sure to stop by the wall of the Violet Crown Theater to see its transformation for our #reframeclimate campaign! We've just pasted the last image, which was taken by Ian Teh (@iantehphotography)/ Panos Pictures (@panospictures). In this video, the photojournalist speaks about the story behind his image of a coal power station in #China. The caption of his image: Tonghua, Jilin Province, China. Winter 2006-2007. Workers from a nearby coal power station and steel plant return home. In the distance is a new cooling tower that has just been erected. Due to China’s rapid industrialization, the country is expected to add a 600-megawatt plant every 10 days for the next decade. China has been the biggest emitter of CO2 since 2007. Recently, it produced 7.2 tonnes per person in comparison to the EU’s 6.8 tonnes, whilst the US produced 16.5 tonnes per person. The United States, the European Union, China, the Russian Federation and Japan, together contributed to two-thirds of the world’s historic CO2 emissions from 1850 to 2011, according to the World Resources Institute. ________________________________________ @magnumfoundation @look3festival @itp_nyu @yalefes @everydayclimatechange #reframeclimate #look3festival2016 #magnumfoundation #photojournalism #powerstation #steel #steelplant #industrialization #co2 #emissions #EU #europeanunion #US #unitedstates #globalwarming #climatechange

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Guess who will be at the Landmark Hotel in 40 minutes? That's right, the #Dysturb team! Today we will be installing Jonas Bendiksen's (@jonasbendiksen), of Magnum (@magnumphotos), image. In this video, he speaks about his image of men moving a community mosque in #Bangladesh & how local communities are changing their daily routines to cope with #climatechange. The caption of Bendiksen's image: Kurigram District, Bangladesh. 2010. Men move the community mosque that was threatened by river erosion. In this flood prone area, buildings are built to be able to be dismantled and moved in a single day. ____________________________________________ @magnumfoundation @look3festival @itp_nyu @yalefes @everydayclimatechange #reframeclimate #look3 #look3festival2016 #erosion #river #flooding #globalwarming #Bangladesh #salination #earth

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🙌🏼 This afternoon, we will be pasting Yuyang Liu's (@yuyang_liu_) image at the Landmark Hotel! Here he speaks about the story behind his image depicting urbanization in #Guangzhou, #China. The caption of Liu's image: Guangzhou, China. March 30, 2015. Two men fish in the pond of Xian Village. This village is in the center of Guangzhou city and surrounded by high buildings and large mansions. A conflict between locals and real estate developers has lasted for more than 7 years because of the uneven compensation and the corruption of Xian village leaders. Xian village is an epitome of China's modern urbanization. _______________________________________ @magnumfoundation @look3festival @itp_nyu @yalefes @everydayclimatechange #reframeclimate #look3festival2016 #magnumfoundation #photojournalism #urbansprawl #development #Xian #xianvillage #village #cities #buildings

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We've teamed up with Magnum Foundation (@magnumfoundation) to #reframeclimate in #Charlottesville, #Virginia! In this video, listen to photojournalist Probal Rashid's (@probalrashid) speak about his image that we've pasted at The Bridge (@thebridgepai), and how he came to cover #climatechange. The caption of the photograph Rashid speaks of is: Satkhira, Bangladesh. August 29, 2015. Md. Abdullah, 15, of Munsiganj, Satkhira is being carried to hospital as a diarrhea patient. Waterborne diseases are very common in these coastal areas as the inhabitants have a lack of pure drinking water. Cyclones, storm surges and sea levels rising put approximately 63 million children in social and physical vulnerability in Bangladesh. Physical vulnerability may include death, injury, diseases, physical abuse, chronic malnutrition and forced labor. Social vulnerability may include loss of parents and family, internal displacement, risk of being trafficked, loss of property and assets, and lack of educational opportunities. ____________________________________ @look3festival @itp_nyu @yalefes @everydayclimatechange #look3 #look3festival2016 #photojournalism #photography #Satkhira #cyclones #storms #disease #risingsealevels #coastline #malnutrition #displacement

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How do you see #climatechange? For environmental photographer Arati Kumar-Rao (@aratikumarrao), the effects of climate change are not only visible by witnessing the demise of once plentiful resources, but they can also be seen through an escalation in violence. In this video, Arati explains the story behind her image of a fisherman's son, and the precarious nature of being an artisanal fisherman in the Sundarbans. The caption of Arati's image: Harintanna, Sundarbans Forest, Bangladesh. August 24, 2014. The son of a fisherman huddles inside a boat away from the rain, awaiting the return of his father. The threatening mix of commercial overfishing, planned coal-fired power plants and climate change are stripping them of their traditional livelihood, forcing a migration to cities for unreliable daily wage work. The Sundarbans, which straddles the border between India and Bangladesh, is the largest unbroken strand of mangroves in the world and the first line of defense against rising sea levels. _______________ @magnumfoundation @look3festival @unicef @itp_nyu @yalefes @everydayclimatechange #reframeclimate #look3 #look3festival2016 #fisherman #Bangladesh #India #sundarbans #pollution #overfishing #pirates

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Did you know that photojournalist Vlad Sokhin (@lens_pacific), of Panos Pictures (@panospictures), has been extensively documenting the effects of #climatechange in Oceanian countries? In this clip, he explains how Tebuginako village, in Kiribati, has changed due to the rising sea level. The caption of Vlad's image: Tebunginako village, Abaiang Atoll, South Tarawa, Kiribati. January 30, 2016. Tabomatang, 8, swims in muddy water during high tide. Kiribati is one of the countries most affected by rising sea levels. During high tides, villages get inundated and thus become uninhabitable. The government says Tebunginako is a “barometer for what Kiribati can expect in the future”. Since the 1970s, rising sea levels and erosion have caused a major part of the village to become abandoned. ___________________________________________________ @magnumfoundation @look3festival @unicef @itp_nyu @yalefes @everydayclimatechange #reframeclimate #look3 #look3festival2016 #oceania #Kiribati #risingsealevels #hightide #coastline #displacement #erosion #photojournalism #video #videogram

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If you stop by the Landmark Hotel in #Charlottesville, you’ll see Katharina Hesse’s (@hessekatharina) image of workers wading through rubble after buildings in a slum were engulfed by flames. The caption of Katharina Hesse’s image: Manila, Philippines. April 3, 2007. Workers wade through rubble in a slum after a fire. The consequences of climate change is likely to increase the occurrence of extreme weather conditions, greatly impacting slums like these. It is predicted that approximately 1.4 billion will live in slums by 2020, according to a UN Global report on Human Settlements. Slums are characterized by inadequate and insecure living conditions that generate hazards, and the country itself ranks 12th among the 200 countries most at risk for tropical cyclones, earthquakes and floods according to the 2009 Mortality Risk Index of the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction. ______________________________________________________ @magnumfoundation @look3festival #reframeclimate #look3 #look3festival2016 #Manila #Philippines #fire #climatechange #weather #weatherconditions #disaster #slums

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We've just pasted Ed Kashi's (@edkashi), of VII (@viiphoto), striking photograph of tyres being burned at Port Harcourt, Nigeria at the Landmark Hotel in #charlottesville! In this video, Kashi explains the importance of documenting issues, such as this, in order to raise awareness about #climatechange & practices that affect it. The caption of the image he speaks of is: Port Harcourt, Nigeria. May 28, 2006. Paulinous Uko, 14, carries a goat through burning tyres at the Trans Amadi Slaughter, the largest abattoir in the Niger Delta. Oil and gas exploitation has had many ramifications on the community, one of them being within the food industry. Fish was the traditional source of protein for locals, but after the soiling of fisheries, Niger Deltans turned to meat and produced slaughterhouses with practices that are inefficient for the environment and dangerous for workers. __________________________ @magnumfoundation @look3festival #look3festival2016 #magnumfoundation #photojournalism #portharcourt #nigeria #NigerDelta #oil #gas #pollution #fishery #Nigerdelta #food #slaughterhouse

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For the last few months, Mauricio Susin (@maususin1), of SOOC (@sooc_images), has been documenting the #Zika outbreak in Salvador, Brazil. One of his images, which shows the armed forces preparing for actions to fight the mosquito, has been included in our collaborative #reframeclimate project with the Magnum Foundation (@magnumfoundation) for LOOK3 (@look3festival). In this video, Susin explains that climate change could be linked to the spread of mosquito related diseases. The caption of Susin’s image: Salvador, Brazil. February 13, 2016. More than six thousand armed forces personnel and public health officials launched a series of actions to fight the mosquito Aedes aegypti which may cause Zika, Dengue and Chikungunya. Due to climate change, Zika could soon enjoy a greater reach. Aedes mosquitos have been more widely distributed than ever before and the warming of their environment makes them bite more, breed more and therefore spread more disease. On a side note, if you're in #charlottesville, VA for the festival, please be sure to stop by the Landmark Hotel to see the outdoor installation! ___________________________________________ #Dysturb #look3 #look3festival2016 #Salvador #Brazil #Zikavirus #mosquito #climatechange #globalwarming #disease #outbreak #photojournalism #magnumfoundation

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As a way to #reframeclimate, #Dysturb and Magnum Foundation (@magnumfoundation) are pasting an extensive series of images on the public-facing facade of the Landmark Hotel for the LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph (@look3festival). We'd like to thank the Dewberry Foundation, LOOK3 & the Piedmont Council for the Arts for making this all possible! One of the first images to be installed is Georgina Goodwin's (@ggkenya) image of a Kenyan farmer checking the soil moisture. In this video, Goodwin speaks about documenting #climatechange in #Africa. The caption of Goodwin's image: Olkiramatian, Kenya. January 10, 2015. Masai Serem, 20, checks the soil moisture while his cattle drink. Climate change and the associated adverse impacts have meant that annual rains are no longer guaranteed in areas like this, exacerbating the long-term damage already caused by the high human and livestock demands on Kenya’s environment. ________________________________________ #look3festival2016 #magnumfoundation #photojournalism #dewberryfoundation #look3festival #pca_arts #Kenya #Africa #environment #agriculture #livestock #cattle #farm #farmlife

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