Toxic Beauty     Aerial photos of Industrial waste...by J Henry Fair




Circles form around aerators at a waste-treatment pond at a Louisiana paper mill that manufactures paper towels. Photo by J Henry Fair. www.smithsonianmag.com




BP OIl Spill. Photo by J Henry Fair. www.industrialscars.com




Swirls of paper-pulp mill waste bubble in treatment ponds near Terrace Bay, Ontario.
"Eleven percent of the world's fresh water goes to make paper," says Mr Fair.
Photo by J Henry Fair. arttattler.com




Coal Ash contains numerous toxic heavy metals (chromium) that leach when exposed to water. Coal ash is unregulated by the EPA. www.industrialscars.com




Bulldozed coal ash at a Louisiana coal-fired power plant. Its fine particulates mix easily with water. Photo by J Henry Fair. www.smithsonianmag.com




Before burning, coal is washed with water and processed with numerous chemicals.
This creates large amounts of “slurry” which is stored in impoundments. www.industrialscars.com




Mountain top removed, Kayford Mountain, W. Va. The bright blue/green is hydro-seed, a fast-growing mixture of grass and fertilizer. This satisfies the EPA regulations on mitigation. Photo by J Henry Fair. www.themorningnews.org




Two types of oil from the BP Deepwater spill float on the Gulf. June 2010. Photo by J Henry Fair. www.themorningnews.org




Waste pond near a brown coal fired power station. Lausitz, Germany. www.industrialscars.com




Bauxite waste foams out of an aluminum refinery in Darrow, Louisiana. Photo by J Henry Fair. arttattler.com




Bauxite is the ore used for aluminum production. Large amounts of electricity and caustic chemicals are needed to produce aluminum. Louisiana Oct, 2010. Photo by J Henry Fair. coastalcare.org





Lightning Rods, Fort McMurrary, Alberta, Canada , 2009. The inside of a holding tank at an oil sands upgrader facility. Photo by J Henry Fair. www.cup2013.wordpress.com





Due to the drugs and hormones fed sows (female hogs), their feces are pink. www.industrialscars.com




Phosphate Fertilizer Mining Waste. www.industrialscars.com





Sulphur is a byproduct of the tar sands extraction process. Photo by J Henry Fair. www.smithsonianmag.com




Herbicide Manufacturing Plant, Luling, LA, 2010. Photo by J Henry Fair. www.cup2013.wordpress.com




Phosphate fertilizer mining waste. The waste liquid from the processing of phosphate with sulphuric acid is highly radioactive and acidic (ph 2) due to the combination of the uranium byproducts found with the raw phosphate rock and the sulphuric acid. www.industrialscars.com




Slurry from fertilizer processing is piped into this unlined impoundment where the solids (gypsum) will be scooped out and added to the embankment thereby increasing the side walls. www.industrialscars.com




Phosphate mining in Florida. The phosphate is then processed with sulphuric acid and produces five parts of waste to one part of fertilizer, including the byproduct fluorine gas. Note the pipe in the photo. www.industrialscars.com



To see and learn more, buy J Henry Fair's book:
The Day After Tomorrow: Images of Our Earth in Crisis [Hardcover]
J Henry Fair (Author), James Hansen (Contributor), Allen Hershkowitz (Contributor), Jack Hitt (Contributor), Roger Hodge (Contributor), Frances Mayes (Contributor), John Rockwell (Contributor), Tensie Whelan (Contributor) Published by PowerHouse Books, February 15, 2011. To purchase contact Katherine: [email protected]


J Henry Fair is represented by:
Gerald Peters Gallery

4 East 78th Street
New York, New York
www.gpgallery.com
Or:
Fine art prints available. Prices by request.
Email [email protected]
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All images © J Henry Fair 2011 / Special thanks to SouthWings & LightHawk



"Progress is the injustice each generation commits with regard to its predecessors."
E. M. Cioran

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Giovanna Bellini
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Reply #2 on : Sat February 02, 2013, 08:45:01

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Anonymous
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Re: Toxic Beauty Photos of industrial waste
Reply #1 on : Fri January 13, 2012, 16:27:45

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Each category is breath-taking -- such creativity, imagination -- but the toxic-beauty category is devastating beauty...