This is another from the “Healing a River” project I have been working on for almost a year now. In this image, two women unload crabs they caught in the Duwamish River. Signs nearby warn that no shellfish from these waters, including crabs, are fit for human consumption. They women claimed the signs were old and explained to me that they had been feeding crabs like these to their families for years. The mother and daughter, immigrants from the Philippines, now live in Federal Way and make the trip often to go crabbing in the toxic waters of the Duwamish.
David,
This summer2013 students are working on a Lower Duwamish mural project. The mural will be hung at eye level in SCCC main building. QR codes will be placed on the mural to identify web site urls that relate to the river and toxic site cleanup. This is a great image and explanation.