Balazs Gardi
Stories From the Water Front
Balazs Gardi shares the stories he has encountered in the past decade while tracking how profoundly water has affected people’s lives.
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Independent photographer Balazs Gardi works to capture stories about marginalized communities in desperate situations. He spends time with people struck by the harshest conditions as events unfold in overpopulated slums, refugee camps, natural disasters, war zones and other crisis areas, which are often under-represented in the mainstream media. Gardi spent two years following how the…
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Sink or Swim explores resilience, from adaptation for survival to ambitious infrastructure planning, in some of the world’s richest and poorest coastal communities.
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Sink or Swim: Designing for a Sea Change
Sink or Swim explores resilience, from adaptation for survival to ambitious infrastructure planning, in some of the world’s richest and poorest coastal communities.
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Balazs Gardi
Independent photographer Balazs Gardi works to capture stories about marginalized communities in desperate situations.