I really appreciate the historical contextualization provided in the choice of visualizations and captions here. It almost seems to write against spectacle... or at least, its general privileging in discourses on toxicity and disaster. Slow violence is certainly relevant here, although I don't feel like that fully encompasses the phenomemon you're getting at in Flint.
Unclear, although I assume it is created by the ethnographer. It’s centering of the drain, which lies under some kind of road or overpass, seems to underline the forgotten nature of the pathways of chemical toxicity. (Especially in relation to the first image, whose depiction of the former factory site also feels lonely and abandoned). The choice of season also enhances this aesthetic, depicting the landscape as barren in a particular way.
Based off the graffiti in this image, I wonder - who travels near the storm drain? Where is it located in relation to the city of Flint? Does any graffiti refer to the water crisis or other issues you describe?
This image of a storm water outflow underlies the way toxicity travels - a toxic “site” or “place” is never fully static, rippling and flowing in sometimes unexpected ways. National stories on Flint have so often focused on certain imagery (pipes, sinks and bathtubs filled with brown water), so it’s fascinating to see how toxicity in this context constitutes much broader social and ecological ecosystems.