In the 1970s, photographer Wil Blanche documented New York's decaying natural environment for the Environmental Protection Agency.
In the 1970s, photographer Wil Blanche was assigned by the newly-formed Environmental Protection Agency to document New York’s decaying natural environment in what was the first major look at the impact of industrial cities.
Blanche’s photos were part of Documerica, a photographic project looking at areas of environmental concern across the United States. Blacnche’s assignment was to focus on Lower Manhattan where the newly-built 1,368-foot-tall Twin Towers had been erected. Blanche’s task was to visually show the link between Americans and their impact on the environment. He photographed all types of scenes including landfill sites, children playing in the park, and traffic entering the Brooklyn-Battery tunnel.Now the photos act as a remarkable and thorough photo documentation of a New York that was very different.
Over 22,000 photographs were produced which offered an insight into how the environment was affecting people’s lives. The negatives and prints are housed in the National Archives and are considered to be a valuable historical resource.
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