Amazing Pictures, Pollution in China
October 21st, 2009 by Key | Posted in News | 1,679 Comments »[QQ] October 14, 2009, the 30th annual awards ceremony of the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund took place at the Asia Society in New York City. Lu Guang (卢广) from People’s Republic of China won the $30,000 W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography for his documentary project “Pollution in China.”
Lu Guang (卢广), freelancer photographer, started as an amateur photographer in 1980. He was a factory worker, later started his own photo studio and advertising agency. August of 1993 he returned to post-graduate studies at the Central Arts and Design Academy in Beijing (now is the Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University). During graduate school, he studied, traveled all over the country and carved out a career, became the “dark horse” of the photographer circle in Beijing. Skilled at social documentary photography, his insightful, creative and artistic work often focused on “social phenomena and people living at the bottom of society”, attracted the attentions of the national photography circle and the media. Many of his award winning works focused on social issues like, “gold rush in the west”, “drug girl”, “small coal pit”, “HIV village”, “the Grand Canal”, “development of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway” and so on.
1. “At the junction of Ningxia province and Inner Mongolia province, I saw a tall chimney puffing out golden smoke covering the blue sky, large tracts of the grassland have become industrial waste dumps; unbearable foul smell made people want to cough; Surging industrial sewage flowed into the Yellow River…”
- Lu Guang
2. Chemical waste from Jiangsu Taixing Chemical Industrial District (江苏泰兴化工园区) dumped on top of the Yangtze River bank. May 15, 2009
3. Fan Jai Zhuang in Anyang City, Henan province, (河南安阳市范家庄) there is only one wall separating this village from the steelmaking furnaces. The villagers live in this heavily polluted environment where the village is under the iron rain every day. March 24, 2008
4. Industrial sewage of Zhejiang Xiaoshan Industrial District (浙江萧山化工园区) eventually flowed into Qiantang River. April 24, 2009
5. Henan Anyang iron and steel plant’s (河南安阳钢铁厂) sewage flowed into Anyang River. March 25, 2008
6. Guiyu, Guangdong province, (广东省贵屿镇) rivers and reservoirs have been contaminated, the villager is washing in a seriously polluted pond. November 25, 2005
7. Shizuishan Industrial district in Ningxia province (宁夏石嘴山湖滨工业园区), the tall chimneys spitted out smoke and dust. Residents took preventive measure for the falling dust from the sky when going outside. April 22, 2006
8. In the Yellow Sea coastline, countless sewage pipes buried in the beach and even extending into the deep sea. April 28, 2008
9. In Ma’anshan, Anhui province (安徽马鞍山), along the Yangtze River there are many small-scaled Iron selection factories and plastic processing plants. Large amounts of sewage discharged into the Yangtze River June 18, 2009
10. In Inner Mongolia there were 2 “black dragons” from the Lasengmiao Power Plant (内蒙古拉僧庙发电厂) covering the nearby villages. July 26, 2005
11. Jiangsu province Changshu City Fluorine Chemical industry land sewage treatment plant (江苏省常熟市氟化学工业园污水处理厂) was responsible for collection and processing of the industrial sewage. However they did not, the sewage pipe was extended 1500 meters under the Yangtze River and releasing the sewage there. 2009 June 11
12. Soil by Yangtze River, was polluted by Anhui Province Ma’anshan Chemical Industrial District (安徽省马鞍山化工园区). June 26, 2009
13. Large amount of the industrial wastewater flowed to Yellow River from Inner Mongolia Lasengmiao Industrial District (内蒙古拉僧庙工业园区) every day. July 26, 2005
14. A Large amount of the chemical wastewater discharged into Yangtze River from Zhenjiang Titanium mill (镇江市钛粉厂) every day. Less than 1,000 meters away downstream is where the water department of Danyang City gets its water from. June 10, 2009
15. In Haimen city, Jiangsu province Chemical Industrial District sewage treatment Plant (江苏省海门市化工园区污水处理厂) discharged wastewater into Yangtze River. June 5, 2009
16. Hebei Province Shexian Tianjin Iron and steel plant (河北省涉县天津钢铁厂) is a heavily polluting company. Company scale is still growing, seriously affecting the lives of local residents. March 18, 2008
17. Longmen town in Hanchen city, Shaanxi Province (陕西省韩城市龙门镇) has large-scaled industrial development. Environment is very seriously polluted there. April 8, 2008
18. There are over 100 chemical plants in Jiangsu province coastal industry district. (江苏滨海头罾沿海化工园区) Some of them discharge wastewater into the ocean; some heavily contaminated sewage is stored in 5 “Sewage Temporary Pools”. During the 2 high tides in every month, the sewage then gets discharged into the ocean with the tides. June 20, 2008
19. Jiangxi Province Hu Ko County Chemical Industry district (江西省胡口县化工园区) is by the Yangtze River. Chemical factory landfill the Yangtze River bank to expand the scale of the factory without authorization.
20. Anhui Province Cihu Chemical Industry District (安徽省慈湖化工园区) built a underground pipe to discharge wastewater into the Yangtze River. The wastewater sometimes is black, gray, dark red, or yellow, wastewater from different chemical factories has different colors. June 18, 2009
21. Shanxi Province is the most polluted areas of China. It is also the province with the highest rate of birth defects. This loving farmer couple adopted 17 disabled children. April 15, 2009
“In Some areas of China people’s lives were threatened because of the environmental pollution. Residents suffering from all kinds of obscured diseases, the cancer villages, increase of deformed babies, these were the results of sacrificing environment and blindly seeking economical gain.”
- Lu Guang
22. Elder shepherd by the Yellow River cannot stand the smell. April 23, 2006
23. 15-year-old boy from Tianshui, Gansu Province (甘肃天水), dropped out of the school after 2nd grade, followed his parents to Heilonggui (黑龙贵) Industrial District. He earns 16 yuan a day. April 8, 2005
24. Inner Mongolia province Heilonggui (黑龙贵) Industrial District, the couple who worked at the Plaster Kiln and just got home. March 22, 2007
25. Villagers from Kang village in Linfen City, Shanxi Province (山西省临汾市下康村) due to long-term consumption of the polluted water contaminated by industrial waste, there were 50 people who have cancer and cerebral thrombosis. 64-year-old Wang Baosheng got ill since 2003, he has fester all over his body so he cannot go to bed and lying face down on the edge of the bed each day. July 10, 2005
26. Breathing in large amount of dust into the lungs, people gets sick after working there for 1-2 years. Most of these migrant workers come from area of poverty. April 10, 2005
27. Zhangqiao village by the Hong River in Wugang City, Henan Province (河南省舞钢市洪河边的张桥村), a 45-year-old woman Sun Xiaojun (孙晓军) could not move her feet and hands since 4 years ago. The numerous hospital treatments were not effective. April 7, 2009
28. Zhaozhuang village by the Hong River in Wugang City, Henan province (河南省舞钢市洪河边的赵庄村), 66-year-old Zhao Bingkun suffering from esophageal cancer since 2004, after the second surgery, treatment cost already have reached over 200,000 yuan. His condition is in late stage, he is having fever everyday, waiting for death. April 7, 2009
29. Zhaozhuang village by the Hong River in Wugang City, Henan province (洪河边的河南省西平县张于庄村), Gao Wanshun’s (高万顺) wife died of cancer. Now he lives in poverty. April 3, 2009
30. Linfen City in Shanxi province (山西临汾市) is seriously polluted area. Farmers after working in the cotton fields for 2 hours are filled with coal ashes. September 24 2007
31. Salt factory worker in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province (江苏连云港) said angrily, “when the wind blowing towards our side, the foul smell from the chemical factories is unbearable. There is even more poison gas at night.” July 19, 2008
32. People form Fanjiazhuang (范家庄) are ready to submit a complain filled with their fingerprints, to seek compensation for pollution damages. March 19, 2008
33. In Shanxi Province there are a lot of charitable nursing homes, to help disabled infants abandoned by their parents. April 14, 2009
34. Liujiawan village by the Hong River in Wugang City, Henan province (河南省舞钢市洪河边的刘家湾村), 13 year old Yang Xiao in November 2008 was ill with obscure disease. She was saved by the donation of the villagers. When the grandmother saw the old village chief came to visit his granddaughter, she kneeled on the ground holding granddaughter’s hand. April 19, 2009
35. The oldest is 9, not going to school. The youngest is less than 2 years old. They lived in severely polluted area. They hands and faces were always dirty. April 10, 2005
36. Mazhuang village by the Hong River in Wugang City, Henan province, (河南省舞钢市洪河边的马庄村) 58-year-old Ma Haipeng (马海朋) was suffering from stomach cancer since 2006 and could not work in the field. He must take medicine every day, otherwise it is too painful. April 6, 2009
37. Every year, a lot of deficiency babies in Shanxi Province were abandoned. Kong Zhenlan (孔贞兰) in Qi town (祁县) who was making a living by recycling trash adopted 25 abandoned children. April 14, 2009
38. Xuanwei (宣威) in Yunnan province is a cancer village. Every year there are more than 20 people die of cancer. 11-year-old student Xu Li (徐丽) is suffering from bone cancer. May 8, 2007
39. In Shexian Village, Hebei Province, (河北省涉县固新村) the existing cancer patients are more than 50 people and more than 20 cancer patients die each year. March 18, 2008
40. Zhangyuzhuan village by the Hong River in Xiping county, Henan province, (河南省西平县洪河边的张于庄村) 22-year-old Zhu Xiaoyan (朱小燕) had a tumor in her stomach in 2007. She died after number of hospital treatments on July 2008. 4-year-old girl with her grandfather came to mother’s tomb. April 2009 2
original source: Fengniao
Followup: Interview with Lu Guang, the photographer of “Pollution in China”
Tags: Art, Lu Guang, Photos, Pollution, Pollution in China
U.S. outsourcing is not only destroying the U.S. economy, its killing people in other nations. Stop outsourcing now! Impeach Obama for lying to the citizens of the U.S.A. and not following through on his promises to abolish outsourcing!
Mike you need to understand that morality and civility is not taught in most public schools. Killing other people is okay, it is part of war. As an American, you should be happy that the people of other nations are okay with sacrificing their life in creating the high standard of living that you enjoy! The hope is that soon there will be British Empire will be able to extend its population to foreign nations like China when their one child policy and pollution reduces the population to nada! Always be grateful for what you have and stop complaining!
Oh my gosh… This is so sad to see. When I think of China (or any place to that matter) I think of the beautiful things I see in pictures and such, but this is really going to haunt me in my thoughts of China forever.
I once philosophized that “beauty is inexposure” and it comes to be true. When I came to this conclusion I was thinking of the city I lived in. Before I moved there I had seen pictures and it showed it being alive and beautiful, but when I got there it was trashy and ridden.
I do believe outsourcing should be stopped, but then the people of China, although they would be granted better living conditions, would have less jobs.
It’s not like their jobs improve their standard of living. What I see in China is that people aren’t really working for the beauty of their life. They blindly work so that they can put a meal on the table and work tomorrow again. I’d rather see that they don’t work and be healthy than to see dead fishes, sick people, and terrible air! The people in china working these jobs are truly selfless, and it’s pathetic! It would be better if the people of China had less of these jobs; Colton, you have to understand that it’s better if the sort of industrial high pollution economy there ceased to exist. As an American, I always feel like there is a surplus of materials, it’s excessive and disgusting, and knowing that the excess comes from production processes that pollute the environment always makes me feel like a traitor to God, this country and the traditional ideals of cleanliness holiness and moderation.
Without work they die! They don’t choose to work these jobs they have to in order to survive this is the saddest part! who is willing to support them if these changes took place? their government! I don’t think so. Changes to something that has been in place for as many generations as this needs to start in the foundations, the government! It sounds like your saying well let them starve cause the land will be prettier. This will take generations to come to reverse its not like cleaning up your toddlers room. The earth can not grow! The government is not going to support these people into better jobs. The Chinese government works under an old rule of control and citizens not people n free choice they need these people in these roles its disgusting! but there is no immediate fix! unless you want to fly over with billions of dollars and even them what do you do? replace the earth you can’t move the people as immigration is already such a problem. If you go telling China how to do their job there will be war! hello how many troops are risking their lives cause America thinks they can tell other countries what to do!
Jackie, I have to agree with Amsiey. Without work, the people will die. It might seem like a difficult life, but not everyone is blessed to be born in the Western worl. Why do you think so many Chinese immigrate abroad?
Well I can tell you’re obviously Chinese….threatened enough to spout rhetoric, ignorant enough to think America gives enough of a shit to try and change your country, and arrogant enough to think China would be able to go to war with the US. Typical Chinese sheep
“Another frog at the bottom of a well”
Now, we need facts and actions… Its not only by complaining we can change thing.
Its sad to see how far we are in our selfishness about money and production, for us in north america and our brother in europe. Now, see by yourself, we must change thing!! Quickly!
Lu Guang has done a wonderful and courageous job of documenting the pollution and people ill affected by its wake. We ask ourselves. Are we to blame for these problems. We live in a global community. So outsourcing jobs and industries does affect the people of China. However we are not responsible for their government. Communism eradicated thousands of years of culture. Culture that intrinsically told the people to take care of their environment. What has taken the place of that culture now that the govenment allows capitalism to spread rampant in their country? It happened in Japan. It is happening in Indonesia and India. It would have continued to happen in the USA if it had not been for the courageous stand of environmentalist after WW2. Eagles were dying out. Wolves were being exterminated. Native Americans were forced to send their children to English schools. Diversity is the key to saving our species. We must allow different cultures and species to sustain themselves within our country. Otherwise we will all perish. Peace, Jack Enright
This is really sad to see becuase I dont think that CHina will be like this
I agree with Healthy Food List. If an equally able photographer were to do a USHush, IndiaHush …, what can we expect to see?
Jack (Enright) sees the reality of the problems. So do the Chinese government I believe. It’s a mountain of tasks for them to have come this far, to work on a country as diverse and the size of China from the state it was in at the end of the Cultural Revolution. The on-going reform can be viewed as another form of revolution. Aren’t some sacrifices, an element of any successful revolution? What Lu Guang has shown us is heart-breaking. But they must be the extremes and cannot be representative of the new China emerging. Many believe the opposite is the norm.
We all know what ills ‘absolute Communism’ has done to China. But China is no longer going that way. The country has a positive vision (and has shown its ability towards it!) mixing the bests of Communism and Capitalism, in this, their, unique revolution.
If we think globally, we should help them succeed.
NO!!!
NO NO NO NO NO!
China is mixing the worst of communism (no voice for the common person and no representation or protection for any except “important government officials”) with the worst of capitalism (the view that any sacrifice made in the name of that false idol of GDP is worth the risk and that we needn’t worry about the damages of today because we may very well have a miracle tomorrow that negates the need to pay for our mistake)
If anything, the China of today is even less open than ten years ago because the ugliness has been masked over by a collective willful blindness to it all. The people with the money and influence to make a difference (the rising middle class) are blind to the dangers because they are placated by the petty triumphs like being able to buy a first car to drive 2 miles to work when they could take the subway (except that doesn’t inflate their ego /give them face….same idea). They have begun to convince themselves that all is well to such a degree that most people I encounter every day are genuinely surprised that Beijing’s blue skies disappeared along with the last Olympic travelers and that 90% of the nation’s population lives on less in a year than they typically spend on a night out.
But then where again would they hear it? from the government that claims Beijing has 65% “blue sky days” (in contrast to the particle emissions testing machine on the side of the US embassy which has warned US citizens of level 4 smog on 330 of the last 365 days)? lets face it, the best side of communism is equality for all and then best Side of Capitalism is the privatization of things like media and outlets for public criticism. With the largest wealth disparity in Asia (after recently overtaking the long-term winner of that title the Philippines) and a laughably sycophantic media, China has neither.
In this world of OURS, there’s been too much -ve views, from those who’re privileged (of others who’ve been deprived) who shy away from asking how and why they are so privileged. Responding in the way you do about Communism and Capitalism, only supports my above statement. We are in times of that +ve process of change. In the end, it’s the results that count. There’s hope for the wider world.
This would be America if no the Clean Water and Clean Air Acts. The good thing is that things can be cleaned up more quickly than might seem possible. China should learn from our experience.
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@Aaron
Sure but don’t be fooled into thinking that America doesn’t have its faults. There are part of america that don’t look far from the enviroments depicted in those photos.
America most surely has it’s faults, especially with regard to our greenhouse gas pollution. My hope is that China and America can learn from each other in how to control pollution in ways that allow each of our countries enjoy a continuously improving quality in life.
Especially in regard to greenhouse gas pollution, all the people of the world are looking to China and America to work together to provide leadership to control these climate changing gases before humanity is destroyed by global warming. I hope to see this happen within the next couple of years.
I worked in environmental consulting for three years (not all that long, but enough), and I have to say there is no where in America that looks like this or isn’t in the process of being cleaned up. Sure there might be sites that have less visible contamination and are still below the radar, but the laws we have in place ensure that these will be cleaned up upon discovery. Sites like those in these pictures would most likely be called Superfund sites in the US. In China they don’t have these laws in place. I hope they do one day. For the U.S. it took the environmental movement in the 70s and Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring. Photos like these may not have enough impact but they sure had an impact on me. Now think about what you would do if this was in your own country. Let’s hope this stirs up some feeling in Chinese citizens (the ones who aren’t living day to day without an extra ounce of energy, that is).
世界各个角落都存在这种问题，这是避免不了的~
中国人口众多，想要发展困难重重，我们一直在尽力，需要时间。
确实，不能否认这些问题的存在！
In every corner of the world exist such problems, it is inevitable to have ~.
China’s large population, want to develop the difficulties, we have been trying to, need time.
Indeed, cannot deny these problems!
Yes, it is true that other places in the world has some of the problems illustrated in these photos. I have been very impressed watching China’s amazing economic development over the past 30 years and am confident that China will begin to overcome the scourge of pollution through the acknowledgement of the problem by it’s leaders. My hope is that the publication of Lu Guang’s photos and other information about the problem in general in China’s media will help forward this effort.
How may we pass on some of Chinahush’s positive views (not rude and negative criticisms) to responsive Chinese leaders and corporation (NGOs) heads to effect improvements?
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sorry for my poor english. but let me try to introduce my sight.
do you have a i-pod? i think yes. apple is very successful these days. but how? because chinese employees work 16 hours a day from monday to sunday. forbidden to speak one word to the colleague beside. sleep, eat and work at the same place. for less money. and always afraid to loose the job. for what??? for us – that we can play with a new i-pod. and that the vultures at the wall street can have big money.
we all: europeans, north americans and japanese. we never mind the torture of lives of others. we know that the africans die because they have no food. we know that the most of the asia countries are bitter poor. why? because since 400 years we bring war, deseases and crime to them. all for one reason: make money. so we can drive a mercedes benz or a cadillac. travel around the world or drink champagne. live in luxury and waste resources. dont think that outsourcing bring a job to the people. outsourcing is just to make more money. because we want to buy cheap. we dont like to pay the right price. we forgot how to trade fair. all we learn today is: make more money and let do the dirty work the others.
make money with money. make money with interests. make money on wall street. this is the problem of our world. hedgefonds, bond sales dont ask for pollution, hunger or sickness. opposite: hunger and pollution is a new business in future. this year china spend more money than usa and germany for saving environment. who do the big deal? right, the one that keep the bonds of it. they will rise high. porsche and rolls royce are happy already. they will sell some “cheap” cars soon.
so. nothing will change. we go on to steal the resources at africa, bring them to asia and torture the people with dirty work to produce a i-pod for our pleasure. and by the way: apple is only one example. if you are really interested you will find many thousands examples at asia. so, dont mind this sad pictures and order another glass of wine. because we can change nothing. and the men that can change have no idea to do, because they make money with the trouble of the world. and when there is no trouble they will find a way to bring trouble. for example: rice was very cheap at thailand. everybody can buy and have rice to eat each day. then a hedgefond buy nearby all rice before it was harvested. then the price rise higher and higher. good deal for the vultures, but the thai people cannot buy rice anymore. many families go to bed hungry. is this our new and happy world? is this our way to bring democracy and peace to others? is this human? no. it is crime. but legal. i think we need to change a lot. but we must start in our systems. the system of money destroy everything. think about it. nice weekend. bye.
Wow! Great photo work, but yet so sad.
These are some of the saddest pictures I’ve seen this year. The pollution in China just really blows my mind.
I was there a year ago and you can see how the pollution stains the buildings. The air is very heavy and it was much harder to breath in Hong Kong compared to NYC.
These pictures show horrible living standards but it is very ignorant to assume the US is doing the damage seen. The reality is that industrial plants can be much cleaners than what is portrayed in this story. I work for a company that specializes in upgrading the emition standards at such plants in the US and also built a state of the art foundry in China in 2009. The Chineese gov’t ( any gov’t for that matter ) must set standards similar to the US for emissions so that it is possible to be a major manufacturor and opperate in a clean manner. If the US gov’t does not wake up and recognize the need and value of manufacturing soon we will all be sucking wind. If we do not have significant manufacturing in the US there is no real growth. JOBLESS GROWTH IS A FARCE. This so-called jobless growth is not sustainable in that the jobs will not last long term.
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Wow,
great photography and insightful comments. I believe these problems are caused by many factors and players. Nobody, excluding the exploited, is innocent. It is great to see photo stories such as this and the responses that they generate. Everyday awareness is increasing and that is the first step in change. Pollution is not unlike a persistent, hacking cough in that it is a symptom of disease. Are we sick? What needs to change and how do we change it?
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And, the current Marxist administration and Congress wants to shut down our oil and coal industries which are second to none in the world as to clean? All of the US environmental regulations on our oil, coal and nuclear power industries are a farce. If the Marxists in Washington, DC think they are helping the environmentalists at the expense of the rest of us, they need to see these pictures. For all the bluff and bluster about preserving the environment here, China, India, Russia and all other developing nations will counteract our draconian environmental regulations (which are nothing more than political favors to the Marxist “Green Movement”). Those countries do not have the will or the incentive to provide even minimal environmental protections. They are only interested in production, profit and “progress”. That’s why they are outstripping us economically, militariliy and resource-wise. A relaxation on regulations here, will go a long way to keeping us at the pinnacle, while protecting the environment. The Marxists in gov’t need to get their heads out of their arses.
That’s the problem of corporatism, it’s all for short term profit with no view to the future. They only answer to the shareholders and are without soul. Unfortunately the major portion of the top shares are owned by a small proportion of the population, the people at the top. We can blame ourselves for all the woes but we’ve been conditioned to think the way we think, the way they want us to think and view our condition. With the internet, we can enlighten ourselves but it takes much research to be able to see through the spin and disinfo and a brave person to try. Gandhi said” Be the change you want to see”. None of this has to be, they’re few but as focused as a lazer, the multitudes of us are like flashlights shining off in random like fireflys over a marsh. Their greatest fear is us coming awake and their agenda is to keep us dumbed down and distracted by trinkets, so far they’ve been doing a bang up job of it
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It is truly saddening to see the scale of these environmental problems. The worst things is that the new generation are bearing the brunt of it. I think it’s important that this is brought to light – western countries preach (and also practice) good environmental management practices, but promptly outsource the “dirty” work to other countries where it seems that one can get away with this sort of matters. Having said that, it’s always fear or greed that drives these companies – what can be done to stop them from here?
Finally, I must not loose sight of the fact that the pics are stuning!
these are really great shots by Lu Guang and a great article too. it exposes the sad truth that the smaller people of the society greatly suffers the wrath of modernization. the government should do something about this now before its too late…
I can’t imagine the long term effects of breathing that!
china need more help .The goverment didn’t like that they said .
china need more help .The goverment didn’t like that they said before.Most people who live in china use to working with disease.Fuck goverment!!
It makes me sick to my stomach. God help us.
Those are beautiful (considering the context), tnx for sharing! Cheers, Alex
These pictures make me weep. Ed: Bumping this one up to the top. I just read that Lu Guang has now won a National Geographic Photography prize for these pictures.
This is absolutely terrible! They dont think about enviroment or at least peoples condition. Chinese media is not talking any of this kind of broblems about enviroment at all. We can see what “cheap products” and “cheap workforce” mean to china`s people…!
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