Raghu Rai, Indian, born 1942
Exposure: Portrait Of A Corporate Crime, 2002
In this photograph by Raghu Rai, protesters are gathered outside the walls of the abandoned United Carbide factory. These protests are demanding that medical research be established to study toxic contamination and human health in the area. With more medical research, people who have been negatively affected by the toxic gas released during the Bhopal disaster can hopefully be treated. They are gathered near The Statue of Mother & Child created through a collaboration between Ruth Waterman and Bhopal survivors. The sign with the web on it discusses a recent study performed by the Indian Council of Medical Research. The council studied the results of children born to women and daughters that were exposed to methyl isocyanate, but later refused to release the results of this study. Through this picture Rai captured the battle people are still fighting to achieve environmental justice for those affected in Bhopal. Label by Olivia Falb