Our Work

CCD Fellow Elliot Ross documented water inequity in the Southwest. The Diné, as Navajo people call themselves, use the least amount of water in the U.S. and pay the most. Meanwhile, eighty miles away in Washington County, Utah, residents pay less and consume more water than almost anywhere else in the country.

CCD Fellow Rebecca Kiger spent a year documenting the aftermath of the tragedy in East Palestine.

A town hall event hosted by the CCD, Fellow Wesaam Al-Badry, and the artist-run collective ForFreedoms, featuring Wesaam’s photographs of the community and shared personal stories.

A community event and exhibition hosted by CCD Fellow Rebecca Kiger

Billboard activation in collaboration with ForFreedoms. Photographs by CCD Fellows, Wesaam Al-Badry (Dearborn, Detroit, Flint), Rebecca Kiger (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), Christopher Morris (Miami, Florida), and Elliot Ross (Phoenix, Arizona).

Over two summers, CCD Fellow Ryan Christopher Jones, explored the California Delta—a vast waterway located two hours south of his hometown in Fresno—to understand how water, and the lack of it, has shaped this crucial region that supplies water to California’s massive agricultural industry and its major cities.