
Land Clearing
Our research pointed to the importance of showing causes of climate change at a large scale. The individual in the image provides a sense of perspective and human subject to hold the viewers’ attention.
Laif
Rights Managed
WHAT IT SHOWS: A Colombian farmer working on his "finca". These patches of forest are given away at a low price by the government to farmers who then clear them up to grow crops.
Photo by
Massimiliano Clausi/laif
Principles:
Show 'real people', not staged photo-ops
Show climate causes at scale