Petrochemical America, an absorbing and at times shocking book by the photographer Richard Misrach and the landscape architect Kate Orff, explores the industrial corridor of lower Louisiana. LAM featured Orff and her work behind the book in a story by Melanie Rehak in the May 2012 issue. The book is due out October 31 and is available to order through Amazon and through its publisher, Aperture (the list price is $80). This Friday, September 21, the authors hold a reception and book signing at Aperture’s gallery and bookstore in New York, where there is also an exhibition about the project. On Tuesday, September 25, Aperture hosts a talk by Orff with Mike Schade of the Center for Health, Environment & Justice and Wilma Subra of the Louisiana Environmental Action Network. Both events are free; if you can’t make it to either one, read this conversation with Misrach and Orff at the Aperture Foundation’s web site.
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