The influential curator reflects on the evolving narratives of photography in Africa.

Source: Okwui Enwezor on the Recent Histories of African Photography

An Inuk artist reflects on the legacy of the residential schools in the Far North.

Source: Lost Generations – Canada’s History

This week falls in between two of the largest planned protests for the environmental movement in recent history: last Saturday’s Earth Day March for Science and this coming Saturday’s People’s Climate March. Being a part of the resistance against an administration of climate change deniers can be a frustrating and sometimes soul-crushing experience (especially when you still have to get through a whole workweek between rallies). But in the meantime, we can find inspiration from female artists whose work helps remind us what we’re fighting for.

Source: Women Artists Are Bringing the Reality of Climate Change Into Your Living Room

Despite alternative facts on global warming, the climate is changing.

Source: We may live in a post-truth era, but nature does not – LA Times

Readings over 100x the lethal dose were detected.

Source: Radiation In Fukushima Is Now At ‘Unimaginable’ Levels | The Huffington Post

Source: Gideon Mendel | Prix Pictet | The global award in photography and sustainability

An exhibition of photographs showing the effects of climate change around the world is currently on display at the United Nations climate summit in Morocco. The images show the melting of ice in Antarctica and Iceland, devastating droughts and floods in Pakistan and dwindling water in reservoirs in France. A total of 100 photographs are on display at the conference in Marrakech, where the likes of US Secretary of State John Kerry have viewed them.

Source: Climate change in pictures: photographs from around the world show droughts, floods and melting ice | The Independent