Animals And Birds
Personal memory by Jorge Villalobos
1990 • Cloud Forest, Ecuador
“In general, animals, birds and fish have disappeared and more than 75% of them have disappeared because of humans. For the same reason the forests and rivers are very polluted.Many years ago there wasn't any pollution and so there existed many more animal and bird species that have now disappeared. The whole situation is because of mankind.”
Maya Lin, Global Residency Program
Creative Time / Rockefeller Foundation
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