Description
In this incisive and wide-ranging photographic project, British photographer Jason Larkin explores the vast waste dumps created by Johannesburg’s gold mining industry. Larkin’s sensitive images of life on and around the city’s incongruous man-made hills shed light on some of the most challenging questions facing South Africa today-the legacy and future of the mines, environmental degradation, service delivery, and the housing crisis. An essay by award-winning journalist Mara Kardas-Nelson considers the complex debates amongst environmentalists, government entities, and communities about the future of the mine dumps.
