The Devils Excrement

Bryan Patrick

Sacramento Bee

Guillermo Grefa holds the long stick which he used to poke through the ground to expose the oil saturated soil beneath the site in Rumipamba in Eastern Ecuador. Guillermo is the son-in-law to Maria Aguinda, the person the suit is named for. In the background gas is burnt from a nearby oil field. They live very close to the polluted site. In the background are family members of Maria. They are all part of the Kichwa tribe. Picture taken Sunday, October 26, 2003.

Bryan Patrick, "The Devils Excrement," in POYi Archive, Item #34480, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/34480 (accessed November 23, 2024).