Turning back the tide


  • Photographer
    Espen Rasmussen
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Date of Photograph
    July 2009

Standing in mud that reaches up to their knees, hundreds of men form a human chain that snakes to the horizon. They are trying to rebuild a flood barrier with their bare hands. They have been homeless since Cyclone Aila struck in May 2009, killing over 300 people around the Bay of Bengal. Bangladesh is in the eye of the storm, and as one of the most densely populated countries in the world it faces an extremely perilous future. When the sea occupies land, there is less room for people. The fight for land, water and food is getting more intense.

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