Traces of corrosion and air pollution dominate the vision of the common man in any city

Abstract

This article presents the critical vision of a common man, a worker, who lives and works in a district of a Brazilian city where pollution and atmospheric corrosion are the main focus of his concern in the daily journey that he makes from his home to the factory and the return from factory to house. In this journey made by bicycle, bus and on foot he feels, he sees and he registers with his critical eye and photographic camera the evil traces that the atmospheric corrosion leaves in the concrete lighting poles, the viaducts and the gates of the houses. In the semi-structured interviews carried out with this common man it is verified that the irreparable damages caused by the pollution and the atmospheric corrosion can compromise the safety and quality of life of the population.