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The Other Side of Beauty: White I



The Other Side of Beauty: White I
April 2005 in Khao Lak, Thailand

Such stark contrast exists -- not between black and white, but between beauty and devastation. Flowers that catch the light of the sun thrive and return to their splendor quickly. The land that caught the remains of commercialized Thailand – from Western influences in the last twenty years – lags in the wake of the tsunami. The elements of nature, such as bamboo, thatch, wood and the like, after a natural disaster can be reincorporated into the environment. The elements of human development, such as concrete, steel, tile and the like, have to be dealt with outside of nature’s natural cycles. The many iterations of clean-up and rebuilding began soon after the tsunami and will continue for many, many years to come.

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


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* 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.]