With powerful images, the photographer Kai Löffelbein throws a light on the disposal of electronic waste. The photographs show how people in China, Ghana and India dismantle electronic devices to extract raw materials. These dangerous and harmful methods bypass expensive recycling processes.
Electronic waste can cause enormous ecological damage. It can also destroy the livelihood and health of the people involved.
Kai Löffelbein studied political science and later documentary photography. The photographs presented in the exhibition were taken as part of the project: "Ctrl-X, a topography of e-waste".
Kai Löffelbein has been awarded the Henri Nannen Prize, the Magnum Foundation Fund and the UNICEF Photo of the Year Award, among others.
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