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Beautiful Photos of the Disgusting Pollution in a New York Canal by Photographer Steven Hirsch

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“Gowanus: Off The Water’s Surface” is a series of photos by Steven Hirsch, of the horribly polluted waters in the Gowanus Canal, in Brooklyn, New York. Hirsch boosts the contrast of the images but what you’re looking at are indeed photographs. More images below.

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“Gowanus: Off The Water’s Surface” by Steven Hirsch

Via: Fast Coexist

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