The staff of Orphans International Worldwide out of both New York and Manado, Sulawesi were on the ground within the week following the wave that wiped clean entire villages, taking an approximated 250,000 people out to sea never to be seen again.
Photographing the disaster left in the wake of the Great Indian Ocean Tsunami was difficult as there was nothing left except foundations and tree stumps…
Photo Essay: A Coast Destroyed – the Tsunami Erased Banda Aceh, Indonesia (June 8, 2022)