Pictures denounce human mistreatment of the Earth
Environmental works are a way to inspire and remind people to be aware of preserving and protecting our common home.
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| End Floating - Saeed Mohammadzadeh (Iran, 2017):Every year, the Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) holds an environmental photography competition, attracting many world-famous photographers to participate. The photo is titledEnd Floatingwon the highest prize in the competition organized by CIWEM in 2018. The author recorded the image of a ship submerged in salt in Lake Urmia (Iran). Climate change increases drought, causing many salt lakes to evaporate. Salt storms seriously affect the health of local people. The salinity of domestic water here is 8 times higher than seawater. |
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| Dryness- Chinmoy Biswas (India, 2018):PhotoDrynesswon the categoryClimate change.Photographer Chinmoy Biswas captured the moment a skinny, black boy sat on the dry, cracked ground due to drought. The photo was taken in India in 2018. |
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| And Life Rises - Younes Khani Someeh Soflaei (Iran, 2017):This photo won an award.Building the environmentawarded by CIWEM. The author captured the moment a woman and her young daughter stood next to the damaged objects left in the ruins of their house in Sarpol-e Zahab (Iran), after the terrible earthquake that claimed more than 600 lives. |
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| Bulrush - Ümmü Kandilcioğlu (Turkey, 2017):PrizeSustainable environmental developmentwas given this picture. The man in the picture is diligently handcrafting objects from reeds for a living. |
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| Happiness on a Rainy Day - Fardin Oyan (Bangladesh, 2017):CategoryYouth environmental photographyThe copyright belongs to the author of this photo. Children in Bangladesh enjoy playing in the rain. Bangladesh is a flat country, surrounded by the giant Ganges-Brahmaputra delta. As a result, the country experiences heavy flooding during the rainy season. |
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| Boulmigou The Paradise of Forgotten Hearts - Antonio Aragón Renuncio (Burkina Faso, 2017):Highly appreciated workis a prestigious award category, belonging to the photoBoulmigou The Paradise of Forgotten Hearts. The image shows a boy playing on tires that are about to be burned to heat the quarries in Boulmigou (Burkina Faso). The process of burning these tires is extremely dangerous and toxic, causing respiratory diseases, water pollution and even death due to long-term exposure to toxic fumes. |
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| Save Turtle - Jing Li (Sri Lanka, 2018):Same category listHighly appreciated workis the picture namedSave Turtle. The author took this photo in Sri Lanka in 2018. While searching for whales in Trincomalee (Sri Lanka), the author accidentally came across a small turtle stuck in a net bag and was rescued by a diver. The photo reflects the seriousness of the waste that humans have dumped into the environment. |
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| Not in My Forest - Calvin Ke (Malaysia, 2018):Photographer Calvin Ke captured this image of a monkey in the forests of Borneo (Malaysia) clutching a plastic bottle. Every minute, one million plastic bottles are produced, and more than 90% of them are not recycled. Plastic waste is a serious environmental problem, and the trash even reaches remote areas like Borneo. |
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| Urban Life in Singapore - Thigh Wanna (Singapore, 2017):Thigh Wanna's photo is particularly impressive as it captures another face of modern society in the country known as the cleanest in the world - Singapore. About 80% of Singaporeans live in high-rise apartment buildings. On the other hand, air pollution is still a problem in many Asian countries. |
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| Floating life on river under pollution - Tapan Karmakar (Bangladesh, 2018):River pollution is increasing day by day in India and neighboring countries. Photographer Tapan Karmakar’s work shows the heavily polluted Buriganga River (Dhaka, Bangladesh). Local people have to live with the waste, suffering from the polluted environment that they themselves have created. |
