Join photographers Lou Dematteis and Kayana Szymczak, and writer Joan Kruckewitt, for an introduction to their photo exhibit "Crude Reflections." The exhibit chronicles the human and environmental impact of ChevronTexaco's oil pollution in the Ecuadoran Amazon and efforts by local communities to seek justice. It's on display at Bolívar House for the month of January, before it goes on a national tour.
Award-winning photographer LOU DEMATTEIS has spent more than two decades documenting social and political conflict and their consequences in the United States and around the world.
KAYANA SZYMCZAK is a documentary photographer and independent photojournalist whose work focuses on issues relating to human rights and environmental justice. Based in San Francisco, CA, her work has taken her from India to Alaska to South America.
JOAN KRUCKEWITT received a master's in Latin American Studies from Stanford. She is the author of The Death of Ben Linder; The Story of a North American in Sandinista Nicaragua (Seven Stories Press 1999).