{"id":8262,"date":"2016-10-21T10:42:20","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T02:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seangallagher.wpengine.com\/?p=8262"},"modified":"2016-10-21T10:42:20","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T02:42:20","slug":"beijing-china-photographer-photographic-museum-humanity-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gallagher-photo.com\/beijing-china-photographer-photographic-museum-humanity-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographic Museum of Humanity Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bearing the Cost of Environmental Degradation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The past decade has witnessed an exponential increase of environmental damages; public awareness has grown at a slower pace but has finally reached the point of dialogue and action. And this, thanks to the contribution of early voices such as photographer Sean Gallagher.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8263\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8263\" style=\"width: 653px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"hic Museum of Humanity\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/seangallagher.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/photographic-museum-of-humanity-653x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photographic Museum of Humanity\" width=\"653\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8263\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photographic Museum of Humanity<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I spoke with the Photographic Museum of Humanity this month about my long-term work documenting environmental crises in Asia. Here is an excerpt of the short feature. Click through to read the full article.<\/p>\n<p><em>Scientists announced a couple of weeks ago that we have permanently pushed atmospheric carbon levels past 400 parts per million \u2013 a dreaded level that they say marks a serious, irreversible step and involves rising sea levels, the extinction of more species, and ocean acidification. The past decade has witnessed an exponential increase of environmental damages; public awareness has grown at a slower pace but has finally reached the point of dialogue and action. And this, thanks to the contribution of early voices such as photographer Sean Gallagher.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI studied zoology at university and was fascinated by science and the environment. When I arrived in China in 2008 and realized that there were not many stories covering environment issues, I decided to use my background and combine it with photo\u201d, he explains.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/phmuseum.com\/news\/bearing-the-cost-of-environmental-degradation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bearing the Cost of Environmental Degradation The past decade has witnessed an exponential increase of environmental damages; public awareness has grown at a slower pace but has finally reached the point of dialogue and action. And this, thanks to the contribution of early voices such as photographer Sean Gallagher. I spoke with the Photographic Museum of Humanity this month about my long-term work documenting environmental crises in Asia. Here is an excerpt of the short feature. 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