Gregg segal

The United States has a trash problem. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the average American produces more than 4 pounds of garba ...

Rosalie Durand, 10, Nice, France, photographed August 18, 2017. Since her parents split up, Rosalie has lived part time with her mom, and part time with her dad, which allows her to see both the Mediterranean Sea and the French Alps from home. She has a healthy diet (which includes lots of fresh fish, like sardines) thanks in part to her father, a restaurateur, who has taught her to make crepes, salads and lentils with sausage, her favorite dish. The only foods she won’t eat are ratatouille…

Kawakanih Yawalapiti, 9, Upper Xingu region of Mato Grosso, Brazil, photographed August 19, 2018 in Brasilia. Kawakanih, a member of the Yawalapiti tribe, lives in Xingu National Park, a preserve in the Amazonian Basin of Brazil. The park is encircled by cattle ranches and soy In the past six months alone, 100 million trees have been felled to make room for When she was born, Kawakanih’s mother, Watatakalu, isolated her from those who didn’t speak Arawaki, their native language. Only 7…

Seven Days of Garbage by Californian photographer Gregg Segal. Men, women, couples and families with young children in Pasadena, California were photographed lying on their backs surrounded by a week's worth of their own rubbish

Garbage is like magic. You place it in a bag, put it on the street, and when you wake up in the morning, it's gone. Magic! In reality, that garbage is still sitting around on the planet, and it really does not go away. That's not good for you or me.

Ademilson Francisco dos Santos (11) Vão de Almas, Goiás, Brazil, photographed August 19, 2018 in Brasilia. Ademilson is from Vão de Almas, a community of 300 families in the Cerrado region of Goiás. Ademilson’s home is 200 kilometers from the nearest town, a journey on mountainous, unpaved roads through valleys and across rivers - an almost impossible trip during the rainy season. There is no TV, electricity or running water. Villagers bathe, wash their clothes and clean their pots and pans…

with un-daily bread, gregg segal aims to bring awareness to the crisis these families have faced when they decided to leave everything behind.

Tammy & Trevor (1440×1069)

Ever since I was a kid, I’ve wondered about garbage - where does it go and what happens when we run out of places to put it? With 7 Days of Garbage, I call attention to the crisis of waste and consumption by personalizing it. I asked family, friends, neighbors and other acquaintances to save their trash and recyclables for a week and then lie down and be photographed in it. I included my family because I want my 8-year-old son to understand that we’re contributing to the problem, too. I…

The United States has a trash problem. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the average American produces more than 4 pounds of garba ...