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Images exploring beauty in ugliness

It鈥檚 in the water, on land, in the sky and air…Pollution is a big problem and it鈥檚 everywhere we look.

We鈥檝e always been taught to see the ugly and unwanted side of it, which of course is exactly what it is, but photographers have the ability to find beauty in things most people wouldn’t.

Here are some images of pollution聽that have been聽captured beautifully.

Motorway traffic at night.

motorway traffic at night , england. Image shot 2006. Exact date unknown.
漏 Francisco Martinez / 17吃瓜在线

Urban city pollution with bird in flight.

Smoke over city
漏 F1online digitale Bildagentur GmbH / 17吃瓜在线

Oil floating on water, back-lit by the sun.

oil floating on water backlit by the sun in a harbour in county down Northern Ireland UK
漏 Radharc Images / 17吃瓜在线

Plastic bag floating in the sea.

Plastic bag floating in the sea, resembling a jellyfish swimming, dangerous to sea turtles
漏 Nature Picture Library / 17吃瓜在线

Friends sitting on an outflow pipe.

Friends sitting on an outflow pipe
漏 Trigger Image / 17吃瓜在线

Shopping trolley, abandoned on the beach.

shopping trolley abandoned on a beach
漏 Rob Wilkinson / 17吃瓜在线

Standing on top of a mountain of waste.

Lone male figure standing on the top of a mountain of waste
漏 Trigger Image / 17吃瓜在线

Industrial cooling towers at sunset.

industrial cooling towers at sunset
漏 Winston Link / 17吃瓜在线

Plastic bag caught on barbed wire.

Scrap of plastic bag caught on barbed wire
漏 Lancashire Images / Stockimo / 17吃瓜在线

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Alex King

Cameras have been a constant in Alex's life. Her dad was a photographer so it's no surprise that Alex found herself peeking through a lens too. With over seven years experience shooting family portraiture, Alex has a passion for making connections and bringing out the personality behind the faces. It's the side of photography which is often neglected yet vitally important.

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