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Latest Marketplace Blog Entry

© Jeff Pflueger / drr.net

Next in our series on the Digital Railroad sponsored Lightroom Adventure Tasmania photographers is Jeff Pflueger. Jeff 's editorial photo assignments have involved climbing technical first ascents of peaks north of the Arctic Circle, kayaking on a class V+ river expedition, whitewater rafting a remote Canadian river, and even backcountry skiing in his home state's Sierra Nevada Range. His work appears in National Geographic Adventure, Outside, Men's Journal, The New York Times, Sunset Magazine, and many other publications. Commercial clients have included Patagonia, NovaTel, Outward Bound and others.

Jeff has just published photos from the Tasmania trip in Marketplace. The group of photos show the range of his interests and talents, from the sunset on Fortescue Bay above to the rock climbing on Totem Pole below.

© Jeff Pflueger / drr.net

See more ofJeff's great work in Marketplace.

Latest Member Showcase Blog Entry

©Michael Mullady
(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.)

At an altitude slightly above tweleve thousand feet, in the Central Andean region of Peru, pollution is a fact of life for the inhabitants of La Oroya. Since 1992, the city of 35,000 has been exposed to toxic emissions released from a metal smelting plant owned by the Missouri based Doe-Run. A recent Health Ministry study from the government of Peru showed that 99% of the children tested had lead poisoning, a condition which causes mental retardation, hyperactivity, liver disease, kidney disease and death.

This Saturday May 10, 2008, during the WHNPA Eyes of History Gala in Washington DC, Michael Mullady will be awarded the Student Photographer of the Year award for his "Children of Lead" story . As sponsor of the WHNPA, DRR will also award Michael a free year subscription to DRR. We would personally like to welcome Michael to the DRR community!