Climate Change
After the Deluge, Images of Impacts and Resilience in Pájaro, California
Residents of the town used photography to explore their personal experiences of climate change after a catastrophic flood forced hundreds from their homes in this small farmworker community.
Fourteen months ago, a catastrophic flood upended thousands of lives in Pájaro, a small Central California farmworker town filled with immigrants who speak mostly Spanish or Indigenous languages. A relentless series of atmospheric rivers transformed the inviting Pájaro River into a malevolent foe that charged through a crumbling levee and engulfed the coastal community in floodwaters.
After the Deluge, Images of Impacts and Resilience in Pájaro, California