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  • In our disposable culture where our building are not made to last, much of what will survive of our present culture will be our trash.
    scf4327-907_Trash 0020 Egypt Litter.jpg
  • Garbage barges transported some 20,000 tons of garbage out of New York City to Fresh Kills landfill in Staten Island every day for several decades.
    American Trash 0004a.jpg
  • I was staying with the Italian painter Sandro Chia at his upstate farm when his son entered the room with a 22 rifle.  His father wasn't around just then and the child didn't speak a word of English nor I of Italian.  He was very possesive of his gun when I tried to relieve him of it so I just took his picture until his father came back.
    Chias Child 0001.jpg
  • In our disposable culture where our building are not made to last, much of what will survive of our present culture will be our trash.
    Trash 0020 Egypt Litter.jpg
  • Garbage barges transported some 20,000 tons of garbage out of New York City to Fresh Kills landfill in Staten Island every day for several decades.  For a story I proposed on trash to National Geographic, I decided to ride a garbage barge as it motored past Gotham. Getting the pile of trash with the city in the background would be a powerful juxtaposition.  Having finished the shoot and waiting to get out of the stinking barge to the dump, I began strolling down the rows of barges back to the pilot house when I noticed the plastic American flag banner just as we were drifting by the Statue of Liberty.   I quickly climbed onto the revolting refuse and snapped about 10 pictures before we sailed out of range. Inspecting the film, I later noticed that there were quite a few other objects in the trash with the banner, including the infamous, kitchen sink.  After this shot was taken, barges had to be covered with giant nets so trash wouldn’t blow into the rivers and bay.  Freshkills Landfull was declared full in 2001 and later reopened in 2002 to discard the Trade Towers.
    scf4327-900_American Trash 0002.jpg
  • Garbage barges transported some 20,000 tons of garbage out of New York City to Fresh Kills landfill in Staten Island every day for several decades.
    American Trash 0005.jpg
  • Garbage barges transported some 20,000 tons of garbage out of New York City to Fresh Kills landfill in Staten Island every day for several decades.  <br />
Garbage barges transported some 20,000 tons of garbage out of New York City to Fresh Kills landfill in Staten Island every day for several decades.
    American Trash 0006.jpg
  • Garbage barges transported some 20,000 tons of garbage out of New York City to Fresh Kills landfill in Staten Island every day for several decades.  For a story I proposed on trash to National Geographic, I decided to ride a garbage barge as it motored past Gotham. Getting the pile of trash with the city in the background would be a powerful juxtaposition.  Having finished the shoot and waiting to get out of the stinking barge to the dump, I began strolling down the rows of barges back to the pilot house when I noticed the plastic American flag banner just as we were drifting by the Statue of Liberty.   I quickly climbed onto the revolting refuse and snapped about 10 pictures before we sailed out of range. Inspecting the film, I later noticed that there were quite a few other objects in the trash with the banner, including the infamous, kitchen sink.  After this shot was taken, barges had to be covered with giant nets so trash wouldn’t blow into the rivers and bay.  Freshkills Landfull was declared full in 2001 and later reopened in 2002 to discard the Trade Towers.
    American Trash 0002.jpg
  • Garbage barges transported some 20,000 tons of garbage out of New York City to Fresh Kills landfill in Staten Island every day for several decades.
    fct4384-101_American Trash 0007.jpg
  • Garbage barges transported some 20,000 tons of garbage out of New York City to Fresh Kills landfill in Staten Island every day for several decades.
    American Trash 0001.jpg
  • Garbage barges transported some 20,000 tons of garbage out of New York City to Fresh Kills landfill in Staten Island every day for several decades.
    fct4384-100_fct4384-100_American Tra...jpg
  • Garbage barges transported some 20,000 tons of garbage out of New York City to Fresh Kills landfill in Staten Island every day for several decades.
    American Trash 0007.jpg
  • Garbage barges transported some 20,000 tons of garbage out of New York City to Fresh Kills landfill in Staten Island every day for several decades.
    American Trash 0003.jpg
  • Garbage barges transported some 20,000 tons of garbage out of New York City to Fresh Kills landfill in Staten Island every day for several decades.
    scf4356-195_American Trash 0004a.jpg
  • Garbage barges transported some 20,000 tons of garbage out of New York City to Fresh Kills landfill in Staten Island every day for several decades.
    American Trash 0004.jpg
  • Garbage barges transported some 20,000 tons of garbage out of New York City to Fresh Kills landfill in Staten Island every day for several decades.
    scf4327-901_American Trash 0003.jpg
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