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Unknowing

Additional images I took two days before the earthquake and tsunami. I have good news and bad. Good: I just received word that two of my friends were on the island of Koh Phi Phi – the island the movie, “The Beach” was filmed on. This island was hit very hard by the tsunami (near Phuket). My friends were on a boat crossing to mainland ONE HOUR before the tsunami hit! They are extraordinarily lucky to be alive. Two otherRead more
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Images from Aceh and Sumatra

I spent the day away from the television and its disturbing imagery. Tonight, witnessing the local news coverage from Indonesian stations has forever etched the horror into my memory. Once again, they are showing video and photographs that will never reach the major media networks. A few examples of what I’m seeing: Military men pulling bodies from the waist high water, and stacking them in trucks like bags of rice. Relief workers climbing trees to remove the bodies of thoseRead more