In the new issue of The New Yorker, Evan Osnos writes of the horrible chemical spill that devastated Charleston, West Virginia, this past January and of the political corruption that makes the state and its residents vulnerable to these sorts of industrial accidents.
As Osnos notes, the January spill was “West Virginia’s fifth major industrial accident in eight years.” The magazine sent Tobias Hutzler to Charleston to create a photograph that captures the ominous mood of the piece.
“I photographed some eerie scenes…,” he says.
Below, the image that the magazine published, plus three of Tobias’ favorite outtakes…
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Charleston, West Virginia. Photo by Tobias Hutzler for The New Yorker, April 7, 2014, issue.
Photo by Tobias Hutzler.
Photo by Tobias Hutzler.
Photo by Tobias Hutzler.
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