Lynn Englum, American
Police Arrest 10 People as Mountain Valley Pipeline Protests Top 932 Days, ca. 2021, 2021
Lynn Eglum is a researcher and blogger for for an environmental non-profit based in Washington DC who’s commentary primarily focuses on climate change, development, and the environment; her work often depicts the landscapes and species disappearing due to climate change. This photo features a handmade banner showing the pipeline cutting through an idyllic Virginian landscape, and represents the landscape these people hope to protect. The protesters hold their arms up in a motion of defiance, the same raised fist that often represents the Black Lives Matter movement. The environmental justice movement is frequently driven by the communities in which injustices are enacted, and this photo is a prime example of the actions and art that are produced by people in response. Label by Molly McCarthy Flood