Tsunami: Images of Resilience
Honoring the survivors of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
They say an image speaks a thousand words—these images speak millions.
Overview
The Indian Ocean tsunami of December 26, 2004, which devastated the shores of 11 countries and took the lives of over a quarter of a million people, burned through the world’s consciousness for months afterwards. Just as the wave shattered everything in its path, so the stories of those who lived through it forever changed, torn apart and unraveled. The sea forced them not only to rebuild their lives, but to rewrite their stories.
And so they did. They rebuilt and they rewrote.
This is the book that tells their stories, in more colors than words could ever paint.
A profoundly moving look into the unseen moments of survival, strength, and resilience among the survivors of the massive 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, this collection of rare photojournalistic images stands as testament to the extraordinary human capacity to survive the most devastating of natural disasters.
Photographer Dan Root, whose client roster includes Nike, adidas, Manchester United and the Oregon Food Bank, was on the ground in India and Thailand three months after the tsunami, capturing the stories of survival and resilience taking place all around him. What impressed him most, he will tell you, was neither the scale of the destruction nor the colossal amounts of aid pouring in, but the indomitable spirit of the people in these regions.
Conceived by author and entrepreneur Birgitte Rasine and sponsored by international non profit ICLEI, the original Tsunami: Stories of Resilience documentary project has now turned into a gorgeous hardcover photography book of images. Stories told in images, because no words in any language can fully express the power and drama of the hundreds of thousands of lives so profoundly changed by the very ocean that once gave us all life.
Honors
Tsunami: Images of Resilience was named a finalist in the 2016 Montaigne Medal Awards, and won first place in the 2015 Best Cover Description for Non Fiction category from the Alliance of Independent Authors’ Indie Recon awards.
Book info
Genre: Photography / photojournalism.
Page count: 112 pages
Price: $24.95 (hardcover) or $50.00 (Limited Edition)
SIGNED & NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION available through special order only. The Limited Edition is signed by both the author and the photographer.
Choose the “Limited Edition” or the regular “Hardcover” option in checkout:
The hardcover is out of stock on Amazon, but we still have copies in our fulfillment house. Given the cost of printing a full-color hardcover book, we prefer to handle print sales directly. Of course, you can still get the eBook on Amazon… but that’s like eating soggy cereal. You really should get the nice crisp hardcover.
Praise
An impressive body of work, “Tsunami: Images of Resilience” is truly extraordinary, and strongly recommended for community and academic library Contemporary Photography collections.
— The Midwest Book Review
Today the long-awaited Tsunami book arrived, beautifully wrapped and cradled in recyclable packaging. I’ve been admiring it ever since. I love the cover artwork with its title letters washed over by debris. I’m inspired by Dan’s splashes of color on a canvas of bleak despair, the dazzling smiles, cascading drops of water, hands washing away pain and loss. I’m honored to witness the evolution of [this journey]. I treasure the effort, the process, the painting of this picture of life.
— Ruth Varner, author
The cover, the photographs, and the words come together in a deeply moving and artistically brilliant presentation of tragedy and resilience. The sensitivity with which the photographer and the author/producer capture life after the tsunami add to the power of this important work.
— Steve Kaffen, author and member of the Explorers Club
