An oil spill from an abandoned Shell Petroleum Development Company well in Oloibiri, Niger Delta. Wellhead 14 was closed in 1977 but has been leaking for years, and in June of 2004 it finally released an oil spill of over 20,000 barrels of crude. Workers subcontracted by Shell Oil Company clean it up.

Ed Kashi

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Biography

Ed Kashi is a photojournalist, filmmaker and educator. A member of VII Photo Agency, Kashi is recognized for his complex imagery and compelling rendering of the human condition. In addition to producing 7 books, he is a pioneer and innovator of multimedia, whose award-winning work has been published and exhibited worldwide.

Exhibits on SocialDocumentary.net Country No. of Visits Year(s)

CKDnt in Nicaragua

I returned to Nicaragua in February 2020 with the Adelante Initiative, which is working toward solut...

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Nicaragua 1661 2020 - Same

Northern Nigeria

On assignment for National Geographic, Ed Kashi traveled to Nigeria, Africa’s most populous co...

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Nigeria 4045 2013 - Same

Island of Widows

In Nicaragua, the average life span of men who harvest sugarcane is 49 years. At the root of these e...

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Nicaragua 6832 2013 - 2014

Hurricane Sandy

On assignment for Time magazine to shoot iPhone images for upload in real time to the Time magazine ...

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United States 4156 2012 - Same

Punjab

Straddling India and Pakistan, the Greater Punjab region covers almost 98,000 square miles. In 1947&...

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Pakistan 7736 2009 - Same

Madagascar

With increasing inequality in living standards, the voices of those without are growing in number, c...

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Madagascar 8978 2010 - Same

Curse of the Black Gold

Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta takes a graphic look at the profound cos...

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Nigeria 42947 2009 - Same