Petrochemical America
Misrach's images hauntingly capture the toxic environmental effects of petrochemical production on a 150-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that's been termed "Cancer Alley." (American Photo2012-11-01)In this unique book, Orff and Misrach have created, as noted in the introduction, "[a] collaborative examination of Cancer Alley [that] points to the past and into the future, inplicating neighbourhoods and corporate states... a new thinking about how we can best divert ourselves of our addictionto petrochemicals and to sketch the outlines of a more helpful future." (Editors 2012-02-19)