Liz Miller

Water Postcards

These postcards are visual headlines that emphasize the tension between conflicting perceptions of water — valuable commodity, essential service, sacred resource, human right. The cards gravitate toward “trouble spots,” like the U.S./Mexican border, where only 12% of residents have access to clean water. They forecast the consequences of clashing water cultures on the borders, in our lives, and around the world. The materials for these cards have been mined from news articles and photographs from the New York Times. These cards are a part of a larger media project about water privatization.