Fruit of the Orchard to Dying for Profit

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Tammy Cromer-Campbell

Concept

This book is an extended essay, photographed with a Holga camera, on a small African-American community in Texas—their struggles, some deaths, and ultimate triumph, with a toxic waste facility. The book contains essays by noted activists and distinguished scholars.

With “Environmental Justice in the USA, “I will include video documentation and photographs of communities impacted by environmental injustice nationwide. I start with the communities of New Orleans, LA; Seattle, WA; and Houston, TX ship channel, all of whom have offered me welcome, through my video and photographic essays, to afford the opportunity to promote sustainability of the environment. The work will be primarily in low-to-moderate income communities among whom minorities have been the most egregious victims of environmental and social injustice.”

Biography

Tammy Cromer-Campbell received her Associates degree from Kilgore College, Kilgore, Texas in 1986. The UNT Press recently published Fruit of the Orchard/Environmental Justice in East Texa (FOTO). She has received awards including Blue Earth Alliance’s first ever cash grant in 1999. Her work has been published in many publications including cover stories for Camera Arts Magazine’s February 2001 issue, Houston Chronicle’s Texas Magazine numerous times, and others. Her work is included in public and private collections internationally. FOTO reviews appeared in the Dallas Morning News, PhotoTechniques Magazine, and others. Most recently, the work received honorable mention in the international PX3 Prix, Paris.

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