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Sheer Force
April 2005 in Khao Lak, Thailand

As the tsunami wave forced onto the shore in Khao Lak the impact was felt by everything in its path. Estimates for coastal Thailand’s death toll range from three thousand to four thousand people. There are many accounts of a wave thirty feet high plowing over the land. Then as the water pulled back out to sea this tree is a poignant example of the sheer force the wave possessed. Shrapnel, such as tiles marble, concrete, vehicles, basically anything and everything that was displaced by the force of the wave became a part of the water’s destructive potential—here wrenching the bark and trunk from this tree as the wave pulled back out into the Andaman Sea. 

Available as a Matte Print
Size: 11" x 14"
Limited series of 500 prints
Price*: $125 US, excludes shipping


Jason Hill -|- Richmond, Virginia, USA -|- jacehill@mythailandtrip.com  -|- 804.545.8955 -|- Site Design by: www.jacehill.com

* Half of the profit will be donated to assist with ongoing tsunami relief efforts in Thailand.

The profit will be determined by taking the overall proceeds from the sales and subtracting the expenses for film processing and framing the images for the shows. The funds will be provided to specific individuals I met on my trip (not organizations) who are still in the Thailand area helping with recovery projects. The individuals receiving the funds are charged with finding locals in need of the funds and dispensing them accordingly for relief projects. [For example, contributions I personally provided to one of these individuals went to paying for school tuition for the daughter of one of the shopkeepers whose store was destroyed in the tsunami. Other such private donations have bought engines for fishing boats, books to replace those lost in the tsunami, etc. My personal experience while in Thailand was the funds being doled out by volunteers who had direct exposure to individuals, in the communities hardest hit by the tsumani, were those funds being best allocated. The volunteers would accompany the tsunami survivor to pay the school fees to the school directly or to buy the engine directly instead of money being handed out.]