Photographer Monique Jaques, an alum of the NYU Tisch Department of Photography & Imaging, had a story recently featured in National Geographic. The story, titled "Logging is corrupting these islands. One village fights back—and wins.", was a collaboration with journalist John Beck, documenting a community in the Solomon Islands as they battle the havok caused by logging companies on their homes and livelihoods. Monique provided the photos for the story.
A logging road leads up to the main camp of Gallego, a logging company forced to stop operations by a local community. PHOTOGRAPH BY MONIQUE JAQUES