Belgian photographer hauls sacks of waste from Chennai's beaches

Chennai | Monday | 19th February, 2018

Summary:

Virginie Vlaminck, a Belgian photographer currently settled in Chennai, beckons and holds out her latest find: an open syringe. It’s not the first dead turtle Vlaminck and her friends have found. Vlaminck has no way of knowing where the bottles come from, but stresses that they appear every other week, without fail. The beach stretches untouched and empty far as the eye can see, except for a few birds hopping about. But yesterday, there were just two of us and we had to drag two full sack loads by the end..