Bess Adler is a photographer based in Brooklyn, New York. She received a BFA for Photography and Imaging from New York University. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, National Geographic Digital, The Wall Street Journal, AARP, Metro New York, Narrative.ly, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Marie Claire Australia, NewYorker.com, Eater New York, TravelChannel.com, Gawker.com, Urbandaddy.com, The Brooklyn Paper, Courier Life, City and State, Engineering News Record and Visura Magazine as the spotlight photographer. She completed the Missouri Photo Workshop in 2013. She is amongst the winners of the 2017 PDN Storytellers Competition. Bess continues to work on personal projects and is available for assignment.
Roger Moore attends Quinn Chapel AME Church on November 10, 2019 in Uniontown, Alabama. Churches are a central aspect of community life in Uniontown, but attendance has decreased over the years. Only ten were in attendance on this day...In what was once the heart of the civil rights movement in Alabama, hazardous waste collected from 33 states east of the Mississippi leaches from a landfill that is built on the grounds of a former plantation. The hundreds of gallons of raw sewage spilling daily from the landfill, local catfish plant and homes threatens the livelihoods of the nearby residents of Uniontown and feeds directly into the Alabama River, a national waterway whose mouth is located in the Gulf of Mexico. As the community rapidly declines, local activists attempt to hold the government accountable for Uniontown’s destruction while simultaneously fighting to preserve its culture and spirit.
Teenagers Traymond Bates and Courtesy Witherspoon play basketball at a local park in Uniontown, Alabama and on November 10, 2019. High school basketball is lynchpin of community life in Uniontown, and the team has won many state championships...In what was once the heart of the civil rights movement in Alabama, hazardous waste collected from 33 states east of the Mississippi leaches from a landfill that is built on the grounds of a former plantation. The hundreds of gallons of raw sewage spilling daily from the landfill, local catfish plant and homes threatens the livelihoods of the nearby residents of Uniontown and feeds directly into the Alabama River, a national waterway whose mouth is located in the Gulf of Mexico. As the community rapidly declines, local activists attempt to hold the government accountable for Uniontown’s destruction while simultaneously fighting to preserve its culture and spirit.
The Uniontown Water Board meets on November 12, 2019. The water board meets monthly to publicly address the town’s sewage issues. Members of activist group Black Belt Citizens, Sally McGee and Ben Eaton were in attendance...In what was once the heart of the civil rights movement in Alabama, hazardous waste collected from 33 states east of the Mississippi leaches from a landfill that is built on the grounds of a former plantation. The hundreds of gallons of raw sewage spilling daily from the landfill, local catfish plant and homes threatens the livelihoods of the nearby residents of Uniontown and feeds directly into the Alabama River, a national waterway whose mouth is located in the Gulf of Mexico. As the community rapidly declines, local activists attempt to hold the government accountable for Uniontown’s destruction while simultaneously fighting to preserve its culture and spirit.
