Chris Jordan on The Midway Project

In this video by Riley Morton, photographer Chris Jordan discusses his Midway Project; a fine art photography series documenting the tragic phenomenon of the death of the local albatross population due to excessive intake of plastic from the Pacific Garbage Patch.

Produced by Riley Morton
Midway footage courtesy of Jan Vozenilek and Joe Schweers
Music by McKenzie Stubbert

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  Education

[Marre1995]

just shut the fuck up and listen to how dumb you sound

[EvaSDFan]

This has nothing to do with natural selection. The birds are not stupid, they eat this stuff because it has a ''bright'' color and they see it as a fish. Of course, if you compare them to us they are not that intelligent,but they can't help it and it has nothing to do with stupidness! And this is not only about the birds, this is also a message that tells us clearly that we have to stop being selfish and start caring for the environment,because if our 'shit' is there, it's everywhere!

[Spencer Warren]

you are so inconsiderate.

[suzi more]

makes one sick to think that it is our need for convenience that has been killing these poor creatures.

[Amin Bahremand]

These are the people who can change the world, no it is not impossible!

[MsBrutus64]

Thank you so much Chris for showing us this video. It is certainly heart breaking but it is the truth. Humans should be the guardians of our planet instead of destroying it and all our fantastic wildlife. We need to minimize our use of plastic and recycle it. Many people including myself have started to take the tops of plastic bottles to Lush shops, they usually recycle them and make them into pots, and one can bring the empty pot back to Lush. Maybe this could help somehow.

[techcafe]

embrace reality /watch?v=MjK0cvbm20M&hd=1 it's time for capitalism to go extinct

[techcafe]

wow, i've seen a lot of dumb comments on youtube, but yours is jaw-dropping retarded. congratulations.

[LilyNoelleArt]

God bless you for doing this work. The world needs people this passionate.