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Photo by Mario Sorrenti
SKeGROUP
& Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Ocean Futures Society Announce Publication of
“WATER CULTURE,” a Photo/Environmental Book
New York, -- /MaximsNews
Network & U.S. Newswire/ --
As part of the United Nations
“2003 International Year of Freshwater,” WATER CULTURE, a major artistic
book of photography and the environment that includes powerful written
commentary, has been released by the SKeGROUP and Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Ocean
Futures Society.
Jean-Michel
Cousteau, son of the late ocean explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau, is the book’s
leading author.
“Water
is often taken for granted, but it touches every aspect of our lives,” said
SKeGROUP Co-editor, Marisha Shibuya.
“The main objective of WATER CULTURE is to make us more aware of one of the
most precious substances on Earth.”
The
book inspires respect for the world’s water through artistic photography and
written reflections. The themes of
WATER CULTURE include:
Every
24 seconds 100 babies are born around the world -- almost 20 of them have no
clean drinking water.
About
500,000 tons of pollutants pour into lakes and rivers
in the United States every day.
There
are more than 6,000 oil tankers roaming the seas each day, many of them in a
dangerous state of disrepair.
In
the developing countries, water-related illnesses are the leading cause of
death.
The
water table is dropping around the world. Under
the north China plain, which produces 25 per cent of China’s grain, the water
table drops by 1.5 meters a year.
Of
the world's 500 major rivers, more than half are seriously polluted and depleted
from overuse.
Photo by Tom Ord
way, Ocean Futures Society
Photographs
for the hard cover book, WATER CULTURE, were selected by Francesca Sorrenti,
co-founder of SKeGROUP.
The
images were donated by over 80 renowned photographers, including: Yann Arthus-Bertrand,
David Doubilet, Nan Goldin, Andreas Gursky, Peter Lindbergh, Steve McCurry,
Richard Misrach, Gueorgui Pinkhassov, Mario Sorrenti, Jock Sturges, and Ilkka
Uimonen.
WATER
CULTURE evokes
staggering facts from the Q&A interviews of leading figures in the
environmental movement who were selected and interviewed by Marisha Shibuya,
co-editor and co-founder of SKeGROUP, in collaboration with Jean-Michel
Cousteau.
Those
interviewed in WATER CULTURE include: Carol Bellamy, Executive Director, UNICEF;
President Jimmy Carter, Chair, The Carter Center; President Mikhail Gorbachev,
President, Green Cross International; Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President,
Waterkeeper Alliance; Rick Linnehan, NASA Astronaut and Klaus Toepfer, Executive
Director, United Nations Environment Programme.
SKeGROUP
was founded by Francesca Sorrenti and Marisha Shibuya to bring awareness to
environmental, social, and controversial artistic issues.
SKeGROUP
combines creative visual arts and knowledgeable literary expression to promote
greater public interest and understanding. For more information please contact info@skegroup.com
or visit, www.oceanfutures.org/press/2003/pr_04_14_03.asp
Ocean
Futures Society (OFS) (www.oceanfutures.org)
was founded by Jean-Michel Cousteau. It is dedicated to the mission of exploring
our global ocean, inspiring and educating people to act responsibly for its
protection, documenting the critical connection between humanity and nature, and
celebrating the ocean’s vital importance to the survival of life on our
planet.
The
International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in Canada provided generous
support for the research and publication of WATER CULTURE.
Publisher:
Trolley - www.trolleynet.com
Worldwide
distribution: Phaidon Press - www.phaidon.com
Design:
The Fold, New York, New York
Labels:
Water Culture,
Jean-Michel
Cousteau, Marisha
Shibuya,
Francesca
Sorrenti,
SKeGROUP, Ocean
Futures Society (OFS)
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