Try to approach the story as much as you can.
Try to approach the story in a way that could both humanize it and also give a sense of
scale and sense of impact on nature and then connect it back to the global aspect of patrolling.
The trees are removed first and then they dig down to get the sand out.
And then they transport them to the facility that is going to process them, the upgraded facilities.
It's hard to even fathom how big the area is.
They basically wash the sand with water from the Atabasca River, so it's very water intensive.
And then the excess is poured into these what are called tailings ponds.
But people work a lot and the idea is to make a lot of money.
It's really apparent there that it's all about money.
It's called the nickname for the place is Fort McMoney.
You know, there's no pretense there I found.
So I did these portraits of tight face shots of different people from different parts of Canada,
and Morocco, and Sudan, because it's like good money for everybody.
And that's why I really felt it was important to photograph also the different aspects,
the history a little bit, the environment, some of the people who work there, and the feel of the place.
We accept that oil is a daily part of our world, but does it have to be?
Thank you.
