Making New Memories in the Aftermath of a Quebec Train Disaster – The New York Times

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Making New Memories in the Aftermath of a Quebec Train Disaster

Michel Huneault photographed the train explosion in Lac-Mégantic and then returned to document how the small village coped. He has received the Lange-Taylor Prize from Duke University’s Center for Documentary Studies for the project.

via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/09/21/making-new-memories-in-the-aftermath-of-a-quebec-train-disaster/

Arriving within a day, photographer Michel Huneault encountered a stunned population. Burning oil had torched city streets, melting underground pipes and exploding manhole covers, while liter upon liter of leaked oil gushed into the Chaudière River and seeped into the city’s ground soil. Forty-seven of the town’s 6,000 residents died.