Of Drought and Man in the West – The New York Times

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Of Drought and Man in the West

Documenting the water crisis in the West, a photographer confronts distress, beauty and man’s complicity.

via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/07/of-drought-and-men-in-the-west/

Four photographers –  Christaan Felber, Bryan Schutmaat,Jake Stangel and Michael Friberg – were enlisted by photo editors  Luise Stauss and Ayanna Quint to document man’s mistakes and their consequences. Mr. Friberg, who has lived in the West for the last decade, thought he knew the issues facing the Colorado River. He soon discovered he was wrong.