Making Air Pollution Visible

About this episode

This episode explores how images are used to document and expose air pollution in Ghana.

Air pollution is often described in numbers — PM2.5 levels, emission rates, regulatory limits. But what happens when the evidence is not a chart, but a photograph? In this episode of Clean Air Report Ghana, host Michael Asharley explores how images are being used to document and expose air pollution across Ghana. His guests are veteran photojournalist David Andoh, who has spent more than 15 years capturing the country’s environmental realities, and rising photographer Judy Yayra Avanu, who is...

People in this episode

Host: Michael Asharley

Guests: David Andoh, Judy Yayra Avanu

Topics covered

• air pollution
• photography
• environment
• Ghana
• documentary evidence

Keywords

• air pollution
• PM2.5
• photojournalism
• environmental issues
• Ghana

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Clean Air Report Ghana, New Narratives, Joy FM

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