Concerned by the sewage and chemical waste that is slowly killing Lake Chapala, Mexican-American photographer Victor Hugo Casillas Romo is using his artistic talent to draw attention to its plight.
Having won a number of international prizes for his photographs of the lake, Casillas is now planning an ambitious project to not only document its beauty, but also raise awareness of the pollution endangering Chapala.
“The government is not doing much for the lake,” he says. “I want the people to see what they would lose if the lake dies.”
Born in California, Casillas grew up in the United States and Mexico, an experience which led him to embrace the “Chicano” identity, before eventually settling for good in Guadalajara.
Now 51, he has worked as a photographer for 25 years. Addicted to artistic expression, as a child and later a student, he loved drawing, painting, ceramics and graphic design.
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