Images by Michael Mullady (Lightstalkers)

Ballroom Dancers Fonda Chu and Howard Navarez glide past a mirror as they practice in a Mountain View, CA, Studio.

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:00:40 +0000

Ballroom Dancers Fonda Chu and Howard Navarez glide past a mirror as they practice in a Mountain View, CA, Studio.
Ballroom Dancers Fonda Chu and Howard Navarez glide past a mirror as they practice in a Mountain View, CA, Studio.

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:58:44 +0000

Mario Alvera passing his adobe house In the Ancash Region of Northern Peru.
Mario Alvera passing his adobe house In the Ancash Region of Northern Peru.

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:59:56 +0000

Bethany seems unimpressed, while a young comedian tells her jokes, over a drink at the Canvas bar in San Francisco. Bethany enjoys the nightlife in San Francisco and goes out whenever she can get away from studying. One of her favorite bars is the Canvas, which has an open mic comedy night every Thursday.
Bethany seems unimpressed, while a young comedian tells her jokes, over a drink at the Canvas bar in San Francisco. Bethany enjoys the nightlife in San Francisco and goes out whenever she can get away from studying. One of her favorite bars is the Canvas, which has an open mic comedy night every Thursday.

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:54:59 +0000

An estimated 80 percent of the homes were destroyed in Pisco, a city of 68,000 about 160 miles southeast of the capital, Lima. In the city's central plaza, the main Catholic church crumbled as the quake struck during a Mass commemorating the Assumption of Mary. As many as 200 people were in the church when it broke apart. Four days after the quake, Emergency Police crews pulled religious statues and anything salvageable from the what was left of the church.
An estimated 80 percent of the homes were destroyed in Pisco, a city of 68,000 about 160 miles southeast of the capital, Lima. In the city's central plaza, the main Catholic church crumbled as the quake struck during a Mass commemorating the Assumption of Mary. As many as 200 people were in the church when it broke apart. Four days after the quake, Emergency Police crews pulled religious statues and anything salvageable from the what was left of the church.

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:54:58 +0000

As toxic emissions pour from the biggest chimney in Latin America, Michael William Mendoza Garcia, 3, turns away in tears. Michael lives just across the river from the plant; as a result he is exposed to a high level of gas. He cries when the air is dense with gas because, "it makes him nauseated and causes vomiting," says his mother Maribel Garcia Torres.
As toxic emissions pour from the biggest chimney in Latin America, Michael William Mendoza Garcia, 3, turns away in tears. Michael lives just across the river from the plant; as a result he is exposed to a high level of gas. He cries when the air is dense with gas because, "it makes him nauseated and causes vomiting," says his mother Maribel Garcia Torres.

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:54:58 +0000

Mercedes Cordoba Inga breaks down as she visits the graves of her two children. Her daughter Maricruz died at the age of 18 and her son Guillermo at the age of 3, both from contamination related issues. Maricruz died a slow death after her immune system shut down. Guillermo died of cancer after a short life. Both had excessive levels of lead and arsenic in their blood. Mercedes has been exposed to the gases her entire life, and its possible she passed lead to her children while in the womb. Her only hope now is to keep her 12-year-old daughter Susan alive, but unfortunately she has the same symptoms Maricruz had.
Mercedes Cordoba Inga breaks down as she visits the graves of her two children. Her daughter Maricruz died at the age of 18 and her son Guillermo at the age of 3, both from contamination related issues. Maricruz died a slow death after her immune system shut down. Guillermo died of cancer after a short life. Both had excessive levels of lead and arsenic in their blood. Mercedes has been exposed to the gases her entire life, and its possible she passed lead to her children while in the womb. Her only hope now is to keep her 12-year-old daughter Susan alive, but unfortunately she has the same symptoms Maricruz had.

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:54:58 +0000

Family and friends say goodbye to Alfredo Zurita Vega, 15, another child lost to La Oroya's contamination. After a life of sickness, he died from cancer after developing a tumor which eventually spread throughout his entire body. Death is a harsh reality in La Oroya and will continue to be until Doe Run fulfills their promise to upgrade it's plant in Peru.
Family and friends say goodbye to Alfredo Zurita Vega, 15, another child lost to La Oroya's contamination. After a life of sickness, he died from cancer after developing a tumor which eventually spread throughout his entire body. Death is a harsh reality in La Oroya and will continue to be until Doe Run fulfills their promise to upgrade it's plant in Peru.

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:54:58 +0000

Bethany rolls off into a San Francisco State sunset the same way she tackles life, with her arms wide open.
Bethany rolls off into a San Francisco State sunset the same way she tackles life, with her arms wide open.