The Other Side of Beauty: Yellow III

The Other Side of Beauty: Yellow III
April 2005 in Khao Lak, Thailand

An article I read years ago in National Geographic magazine referenced the re-emergence of nature after the eruption of Mount St. Helens. A snippet from the article, about how wildflowers were some of the first signs of recovery, kept running through my mind while walking the devastated beaches in Thailand�s Khao Lak. Stunning floral reminders of the beauty of nature were emerging once again in the midst of destruction. Many ornate flowers, that had been in the gardens of hotels and bungalows -- now little more than heaps of rubble -- were in stunning bloom.

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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.]