The Monster Beneath the Water is a profound photo documentary on the effect of the BP oil disaster on a small fishing community.
The Pulitzer-Prize winning photographer Melanie Burford traveled to Louisiana soon after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and immersed herself in the culture of Delacroix Island, where fishermen were clinging to a way of life that was in jeopardy even before the oil spill headed their way. This is one photographers deep meditation on one area of ecological disaster.