Violent Water: The Massive Grip

The Massive Grip

A recollection of photographs for the aftermath of Tsunamis

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Water might appear to be

Peaceful & Tranquil.

However, there are always two sides to a coin.

The violent nature of water is When it kills, it leaves

unimaginable.

no mercy.

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This Photobook is

dedicated

to all whose lives

was taken

by the hand of our dearest...

Mother Nature.

Survivor’s...

sorrows

A woman in t e a r s is praying for help from God to relieve pain of the souls of her late son.

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A woman mourns the devastation of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, in northern Japan on March 13 2011.

Tossed

Boat

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A tsunami-tossed boat R E S T S on top of a building amid a sea of debris in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on March 14 2011.

LOST

an d

A 6 years old boy who lost his parents and siblings after the Tsunami is now pinning HOPE S that they are still alive, somewhere out there, somewhere safe.

a l o n e

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Last

Breath

The hand of a man killed by the Japan earthquake juts out of jumbled concrete sea barriers on March 14 in Toyoma, Japan.

A man who tried to climb out of the destruction until his very last breath.

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til

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death

do us p a

r

t

Family members recognize the married couple who was found dead next to each other.

memories amid the

Rubble

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Coated with mud, a photo album lies amid debris in the Tsunami ravaged town of Natori, Japan.

DEATH TOLL

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Death Toll increases rapidly as helpers carries the bodies of victims out, some were even unrecognizeable.

piercing pain A woman who M O U R N S at the body of her late husband, after searching the place for more then a day.

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GRIEF

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A woman with her late five-years-old daughter in her arms, c r y i n g her heart out as she mourns over her early death.

Nothing should be taken for granted. There are always two sides to a coin and the same goes for water. It might seem peaceful and tranquil but it can also turn nasty and destructive in the blink of an eye.

For those who left us, R.I.P

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Violent Water; The Massive Grip First published in 2011

by Tong Wei Yue Visual Communication School of Art, Design, Media Nanyang technological university Printed in Singapore All rights reserved Š Tong Wei Yue The rights of Tong Wei Yue to be identified as author of this work This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

Violent Water; The Massive Grip

is created to commenmorate all whose lives were taking away by the massive grip of our Mother nature. Water might appear to be peaceful and tranquil to many. However, there are always two sides to a coin. The violent nature of water is unimaginable. Realization dawns when people are reminded of the various natural disasters due to water. The amount of innocent lives and properties devoured by water is endless. Violence of water can come in many forms and a good example is the occurance of a tsunami. Tsunamis is the epitome of violence and destruction caused by water.