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1 of 4From the December issue of National Geographic magazine: WastelandGowanus Canal New York, New York. Pollutants: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), mercury, lead, copper Year listed: 2010 Carved from a tidal estuary 160 years ago, the Gowanus Canal is Brooklyn’s industrial artery—and a deeply polluted waterway. Even so, it’s frequented by herons, seagulls, crabs, and canoeists. Defying local fears of economic stigma, the EPA listed the canal as a Superfund site in 2010. It hopes to start dredging contaminated mud in 2016.Fritz Hoffman—National Geographic -
2 of 4The New York Times: Pakistani Refugees Are Streaming Into Afghanistan Displaced Pakistanis waiting to be registered in the Khost Province of Afghanistan, a few miles from the border. They are part of a surge of refugees from an offensive against Islamist militants in their homeland.Diego Ibarra Sanchez—The New York Times/Redux -
3 of 4Burn magazine: Aqui VivimosAngel and Gerson in the municipal dump where they work in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.Dominic Bracco II—Prime for Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting -
4 of 4The Salt of the Earth — a film on photographer Sebastião SalgadoSerra Pelada gold mine, Brazil, 1986.Sebastião Salgado—Amazonas Images/Sony Pictures Classics
Today’s daily Photojournalism Links collection highlights Fritz Hoffman‘s work on America’s major hazardous waste sites, known as Superfund sites. The Superfund program is a government initiative that was created in 1980 to address the nation’s most environmentally toxic locations after a scandal at Love Canal. There are more than 1,700 of these sites and, despite more than $40 billion of taxpayer money spent on cleanup efforts, at least 1,300 of them are reportedly still contaminated. Around one in six Americans, or some 49 million people, live within three miles of these sites, often without ever realizing it. Hoffman’s photographs offer a compelling look at this environmental issue.
Fritz Hoffman: Wasteland (National Geographic)
Diego Ibarra Sanchez: Pakistani Refugees Are Streaming Into Afghanistan (The New York Times) These photographs show how the flood of refugees from Afghanistan to Pakistan has been turned on its head.
Dominic Bracco II: Aqui Vivimos (Burn Magazine) Bracco’s project on Honduras, one of the most violent countries in the world, was a finalist for Burn magazine’s Emerging Photographer Fund.
The Salt of the Earth – official trailer (YouTube) Trailer for Wim Wenders’ and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado’s eagerly anticipated documentary on Sebastião Salgado.
Scout Tufankjian (The Armenian Weekly) The photographer interviewed about documenting Armenian communities around the world for her Armenian Diaspora Project.
Photojournalism Links is a compilation of the most interesting photojournalism found on the web, curated by Mikko Takkunen, Associate Photo Editor at TIME. Follow him on Twitter @photojournalism.
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