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October 14, 2024 in New York hosted the 30th annual award ceremony Fund Eugene Smith. Lou Gueng of the Peoples Republic of China won the Grand $ 30 000 for his documentary project, “Pollution in China.” Lou Gueng - freelance photographer, which began operations in 1980 as an amateur photographer. He was a factory worker, and later opened his own photo studio and an advertising agency. Lou Gueng enjoys social documentary photography. At the heart of his work - ordinary people from a simple society and their social problems. Many of the awards, which received the Lou Gueng were for his work on social problems of Chinese society: “The Gold Rush in the West,” “Little bunker”, “Village of HIV,” “Grand Canal” and others. Today we present some of the works of Lu Guenga where you can see the terrible pollution in China and their implications …


Chemical wastes, beached the Yellow River:

Only a wall separates the village from the steel mill. Villagers have become accustomed to and able to “iron” rain:

Steel mill waste flowing into the river Aniang:

Lake, littered with solid waste. Guangdong Province:

Residents are protected from the poisonous fumes and industrial dust priventivnymi measures:

A huge number of sewer pipes, removes wastes billion people in the Yellow Sea:

Jiangsu Province. Municipal wastewater treatment plant can not cope with cleaning contaminated industrial waters. Pipe with sewage hits from the Yangtze River:

A large number of sewage plants and factories along the banks of the Yangtze River enters the river:

Here is the power plant in Inner Mongolia, powered by coal:

Polluted industrial land in the Yangtze River:

Liquid wastes resulting from the industrial area of Inner Mongolia in the Yellow River:

Large amounts of chemical waste water enters the Yangtze River from the plant Zhenjiang Titanium every day:

Metallurgical Plant Shesyan county, Hebei province is a source of heavy pollution, which seriously affects the health of local residents. The territory of the plant is constantly growing:

In the coastal area of Jiangsu province are more than 100 chemical plants. Part of the factory wastewater directly discharged into the sea, the other part is particularly dirty water - five “temporary lakes of dirty water.” Twice a month during high tide, water from these lakes is carried away in the sea:

Waste water is fed straight into the Yangtze River near the town of Haymen:

Shanxi Province - one of the most disadvantaged in terms of environmental area in China. It also pripadaet largest number of congenital malformations. The photograph farming family who adopted 17 children with birth defects:

Shepherd near the Yellow River covers the nose from the stench:

15-year-old boy from the province of Gansu. He left school after second grade and with his parents came to work in the province of Heilongjiang. Working in unsanitary conditions, a day he earns 16 yuan ($ 2.2):

Peasants were the husband and wife who had just returned to my room after working in the limestone mine. Industrial District Heylunguy Inner Mongolia:

The workers, most of which are migrants from depressed regions, inhale too much dust and become ill within 1-2 years:

Because of dirty water 64-year-old Wang Baosheng from Linfen ill with cancer since 2003. Wounds all over his body does not make him sleep lying down, so he sleeps well.

45-year-old Sun Xiaojun from Vuganga also the victim of a bad environment can not move his hands and feet. Treatment does not help.

In 66-year-old Zhao Kun from the vicinity of Vuganga esophageal cancer at a late stage. Every day it hurts a fever.

His compatriot Gao Vanchuna wife died of cancer. He now lives in poverty.

After several hours of work in the cotton fields around Linfen peasants become similar to the miners.

Children from the contaminated area.

Seeking compensation for the loss of health, the victims, “signed” in blood.

In the village Huanvey (Yunnan Province) each year from cancer kills more than 20 people. 11-year-old Xu Li suffers from bone cancer.

In the village Hehyan (Hebei Province), more than 50 people suffering from cancer.

4-year-old girl with her grandfather came to the grave of the mother, who died of in 1922 of stomach cancer.