A Photographer Looks at Pollution

Life Beneath Power Lines
A seemingly peaceful cul-de-sac anywhere in SoCal hides electro-magnetic danger for all.

By michael-leonard creditor / flexible fotography

In honor of Earth Day and the fair coming this weekend, here are illustrations of just some reasons that Earth Day needs to be every day. Humans consume earth’s resources and, in turn, poison her even as our plastic poisons us. Industrial uses crowd residential districts. Climate change fuels year-round “fire season.” Beneath it all is the trash and litter we all leave behind us. Stay conscious, San Diego.

Logging Old Growth, Mt. Hood National Forest, Oregon

Right by the campground, too. Seeing these giants felled is like seeing something dead.
Punctured Oil Drums, Portland, Oregon

This terrible display was beneath an open storage shed in a park! I never knew what was inside them.
Industrial Junkyard, Buffalo, NY

In the shadow of a long-shuttered grain elevator sits an ongoing eyesore. It isn’t even a landfill. The trailer in lower right is an added giggle.
Industrial Breasts #1

Though now closed, SONGS will still be there looming over our coast for a long long time.
Smoke Over the Mountain

The cloud from the Harmony Grove fire fills the sky over Mount Soledad.
On the Beach, Nerja, Spain

One of the most surreal scenes I’ve ever encountered; so many questions....
Peñasquitos Erosion

Eroded hillsides like this can be seen all over San Diego County. They are little disasters waiting to happen.
Low Tide, San Diego River

Each year volunteers pull tons of trash from our local waterways. Who throws items like this into the river anyway?
Tia Juana River Pollution

And why are there always so many tires?
Earth Day Fair

In Honor Of Earth Day And The Fair Coming This Weekend, These Have Been Illustrations Of Just Some Reasons That Earth Day Needs To Be Every Day.

All photos © michael-leonard creditor / Flickr website @ flexible fotography

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Michael-Leonard Creditor

Born in Tucson AZ; reared in Brooklyn NY; lived in Portland OR; currently inhabiting Clairemont. Three main professions: photographer, folklorist, radio program host. Philosopher, Humanist, and life-long Liberal.