thephotosocietyのインスタグラム(thephotosociety) - 11月27日 01時36分

Photo by @EdKashi / VII. Okrika is a troubled area near Port Harcourt that has oil, refineries,
pipelines, and violence. Factional fighting is common here. Fishing is struggling, like in most of
the delta, but was once the main source of employment. @viiphoto
// PHOTOGRAPHER STATEMENT
To the Nigerian government, oil is gold, and to big business and authorities, people seem to
simply get in the way of the exploitation of the resource. After years of photographing people in
this economically devastated Delta region without a problem, I’d pointed my camera at an oil
flow station and was detained by the military for four days. When I was released, I immediately
started working again with more urgency than ever before, to highlight the tragedy that is taking
place in this part of Nigeria.
I came across this young girl crossing hot oil pipelines in her village. I was shocked that oil facilities run directly through built up urban areas -- it means that people are not only living in a pol-
luted environment, but they are literally meters away from potential disaster. This smacks of se-
rious human rights violations of the most basic kind.
I've always found Nigerians to be aggressive and proud. They have a lot of energy. They know
there is something better out there and won’t stop fighting until they get it. You can see it in their
faces, even though their communities have been beaten down. One day, I hope that Nigerian politicians, and governments worldwide, stop seeing the resources hidden below the sea and earth as their gold, and instead see their people as their real treasure. // For more information check out the link in our profile

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