A story of a dead horse
Photographer: jordi pizarro
Exhibit Title: A story of a dead horse
Location: India
In only four decades Ghoramara has lost more than 75 percent of its territory. Erosion and sea rising due to climate change are responsible for such a loss. While expert look for scientific explanations, the island's five thousand inhabitants strive to protect what is left and get prepared for the worst. It is a race against time with little tools and expertise, done more with the heart than with preparedness in an effort to save their way of life in one of the world's ecosystems most vulnerable to climate change. A struggle that won't be probably mentioned in next December UN climate change summit, although recent reports warn that the island is likely to disappear within the next 12 years.
Ghoramara is the name of a Island, in bengalí language Ghoramara minds "a dead horse" long time ago there were Bengali tigers in the island. They say that one of them killed the horse of a British settler and that it is the discovery of the animal's dead body what gave the place its name.
Some Words about me
Barcelona, 1985.
I'm a freelance documentary photographer based in India and working around South Asia.
I'm working on editorial reportages for a different international magazines around the world but also interested in my personal long term projects. The emphasis of my work is largely focussed on current social and environmental concerns that affect different communities, most of them unadvertised by the big media. I have my long term project entitled "Believers” which looks at traditions, cultures and religions from a more anthropological perspective in many different regions globally.
My main goal is to aid and increase awareness of issues affecting people and their environments in the world we live in. I hope that with my photographs to contribute in some small way towards creating a critical reflexion of this world.
My work has been published in many international magazines around the world including National Geographic, New York Times, Time, Sunday Times, Le Monde, Spiegel, Forbes, Foreign Policy among others.
Jordi Pizarro - *Currently based in New Delhi!
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