Alan Gignoux

Photographer

Focus: Photographer, Photojournalist, Filmmaker, Journalist, Editor, Producer, Director, Videographer, Researcher, Reporter, Politics, Video Editor, Environment, Science, Documentary, Multimedia, News, Creative, Film, Photography, Portraiture, Art, Culture, Director of Photography, Digital Stratagist, Visuals Editor, Arts & Culture, Journalist Investigative, Freelance, Humanitarian, Opinions, Assignments, Educator, Communications, Founder, Visual Communications , Human Rights, Investigation, International, Creative Professional

Public Project

The Chesapeake Bay

Copyright Alan Gignoux 2024

Date of Work Mar 2010 - Apr 2010

Updated Jun 2020

Location Tangier Island, Maryland

Topics Bay, Chesapeake, Christianity, Community, Conservation, Crabs, Documentary, Editorial, Environment, Industry, Island, Lifestyle fishermen, Maryland, Mixed Medium, Multimedia, Photography, Photojournalism, Pollution, Religion, Tangier, Traditional, Usa, Water

The Chesapeake Bay's watershed comprises the states of Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and New York.

Sparrows Point in Dundalk, Maryland used to be one of Bethlehem Steel's largest plants, today, it is working at 20% capacity. The problem for the Blue Crabs of the Chesapeake Bay is told by the watermen who catch this Maryland delicacy, it is lifestyle pollution.

Virgil Shockley is a chicken farmer on the Eastern shore and he describes what the EPA regulations are to tackle the plight of the Chesapeake Bay while Tom Walter describes what the city of Baltimore is doing to curb city rubbish going into the Bay.

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