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Picture This: What a week's worth of garbage really looks like
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Aug 11, 2014
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Picture This: What a week's worth of garbage really looks like
L.A.-based photographer has been drawing attention to garbage. His series "7 Days of Garbage" will change the way you look at your trash.
7 Days of Garbage - Dana
7 Days of Garbage - Dana
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Photo courtesy of Gregg Segal
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7 Days of Garbage - Gaby
7 Days of Garbage - Gaby
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Photo courtesy of Gregg Segal
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7 Days of Garbage - Joya Santiniketan Rabindranath Chandram
7 Days of Garbage - Joya, Santiniketan, Rabindranath, Chandram
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Photo courtesy of Gregg Segal
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7 Days of Garbage - Lya, Whitney and Kathrin
7 Days of Garbage - Lya, Whitney and Kathrin
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Photo courtesy of Gregg Segal
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7 Days of Garbage - Siggins
7 Days of Garbage - Siggins
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Photo courtesy of Gregg Segal
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7 Days of Garbage - Belinda and Robert
7 Days of Garbage - Belinda and Robert
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Photo courtesy of Gregg Segal
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7 Days of Garbage - Micheal, Jason, Annie and Olivia
7 Days of Garbage - Micheal, Jason, Annie and Olivia
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Photo courtesy of Gregg Segal
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7 Days of Garbage - Marsha and Steve
7 Days of Garbage - Marsha and Steve
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Photo courtesy of Gregg Segal
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7 Days of Garbage - Gregg, Hank and Dani
7 Days of Garbage - Gregg, Hank and Dani
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Photo courtesy of Gregg Segal
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7 Days of Garbage - James
7 Days of Garbage - James
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Photo courtesy of Gregg Segal
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7 Days of Garbage - Mariko
7 Days of Garbage - Mariko
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Photo courtesy of Gregg Segal
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L.A.-based photographer has been drawing attention to garbage. His series "7 Days of Garbage" will change the way you look at your trash.

For many, taking out the trash is a dreaded chore. It's smelly, it's wet and it's messy. You wouldn't dare to go through what's inside, let alone take it out and lay in a pile of your own trash.

But that's exactly what L.A.-based photographer Gregg Segal is doing in his new series called "7 Days of Garbage." In this edition of Picture This, we spoke with Segal, who has been documenting people's garbage footprints. 

He joined Take Two on Monday to talk more about what prompted him to take on this project and what he hopes people take away from it.