Gerry Bell introduced Eric's work as follows: Gentlemen -- I am forwarding to you the video of the opening of our classmate Eric Hatch's photographic exhibit on the opioid crisis.  If I haven't mentioned this to you before, or if Eric didn't mention it at reunion, this is something that has consumed most of Eric's time, and a good deal of his own money, over the last two years.

James Nachtwey '70 is Dartmouth's most famous photographer, and his work on the opioid crisis has been featured in Time Magazine and elsewhere.  But Nachtwey got all arty and captured the sordid surroundings of his subjects -- sort of like those old Great Depression photos we all know.  Eric Hatch's work focuses on faces, and their stories -- really powerful stuff, and far more arresting than Nachtwey's or anyone else's work.

I hope you will have the same reaction I did.  Eric has had a coffee table book published; you can find it at Goodreads, where I believe you will find my (Gerry's) review.  The point being that if I can find it and comment, anyone can (and here, all you need to do is click on the Goodreads link)!

Learn more about Eric's project.