« In the Hell of Copper » by Nyaba Ouedraogo

A photographer from Burkina Faso, Nyaba Ouedraogo produces artistic photographs of the suffering endured by people faced with the social and environmental consequences of our consumerist way of life. The photos from “In the Hell of Copper” were taken in Ghana, one of the main dumping grounds for e-waste from Europe and the United States. These photos show how young Ghaneans poison themselves as they search for precious metals from amongst the thousands of decommissioned computers piled up in rubbish dumps.

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