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Exodus
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Exodus
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Nationality: American
Focus:
Photojournalist, Videographer, Photography
Covering:
Asia,
USA & Canada
Skills:
Audio Recording, Photo Editing, Multimedia Production, Retouching, Adobe Creative Suite
Clients:
US Holocaust Memorial Museum,
The New York Times,
Bloomberg,
Rest of World,
The Washington Post
School:
The International Center of Photography
The University of Vermont
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Abu Jaffar, 60, conducts his evening prayer in a rice field next to thousands of Rohingya refugees who have been waiting all day to enter the camps in Cox's Bazar after crossing the Naf River from Myanmar into Bangladesh, October 2017. Jaffar made the same crossing in 1992 and has lived nearby since then. After crossing into the field to help the refugees, the Boarder Guard Bangladesh (BGB) did not believe him when he tried to explain that he was not coming from Myanmar and told him he could not leave the area.
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Rohingya refugees huddle in a muddy field in a monsoon rain after crossing the Naf River from Myanmar into Bangladesh, October 2017. Many of them walked for weeks to get here, some with gun or knife wounds, and had to wait all day and into the night in this field before being allowed into the camps in Cox's Bazar.
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An elderly Rohingya refugee is held by a family member as he struggles to swallow a small amount of water on the Bangladesh side of the Naf River, October 2017. The Boarder Guard Bangladesh allowed him to leave the field in which they were being held for processing in order to receive emergency medical treatment at a makeshift MSF clinic.
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A young child is carried in a bucket as thousands of Rohingya refugees make their way along narrow, muddy paths through a rice field after crossing the Naf River from Myanmar into Bangladesh, October 2017.
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Thousands of Rohingya refugees struggle to make their way along narrow, muddy paths through a rice field after crossing the Naf River from Myanmar into Bangladesh, October 2017. Some chose to try and swim through the water to get ahead or slipped down the muddy embankment.
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The feet of Rohingya refugees are seen crossing a narrow wooden plank as they make their way along narrow, muddy paths through a rice field after crossing the Naf River from Myanmar into Bangladesh, October 2017. On this day an estimated 30,000 refugees made the crossing. Due to the narrow passages, going was slow and the temperatures were incredibly hot. Evening saw a monsoon rain come to the field. Many were suffering from exhaustion and malnutrition, while others had gunshot and knife wounds.
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A Boarder Guard Bangladesh (BGB) officer swats at Rohingya refugees with a stick to keep them from going any further in an attempt to control the tide of people coming across the Naf River from Myanmar into Bangladesh, October 2017.
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Rohingya women and girls wait in a food distribution line in a camp outside Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh, October 2017.
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An elderly Rohingya woman makes her way along a road through the refugee camps outside of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, October 2017. Narrow roads, over crowding and careless driving means that accidents between vehicles and those walking next to them are common.
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A Rohingya refugee sits in the shade waiting to be given a small plot of land in one of the refugee camps outside Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, October 2017. New arrivals can wait for days to be given a small section of camp on which to build a makeshift lean-to.
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Rohingya refugees walk through a field in a camp outside of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, October 2017.
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A young Rohingya girl waits out a monsoon rain in a camp outside of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, October 2017. The heavy rains turned the hills into slippery, muddy slides and the valleys into ponds. Every inch of land had to be cleared quickly and the rainy season created slippery hills, lots of mud and poor sanitation.
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A Rohingya man makes his way along a muddy road in a camp outside of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, October 2017. Hundreds of thousands of refugees, heavy rains and many passing vehicles turned the roads through the camps into treacherous walkways.
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Rohingya refugees are loaded into a truck late at night for transportation to the camps outside of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, October 2017.
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Rohingya refugees make their way through the desolate landscape of the camps outside of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, October 2017.
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Makeshift huts are seen in a Rohingya refugee camp outside of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, October 2017. These are just a small handful of the hundreds of thousands of tents and lean-tos setup throughout the hills and valleys.
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Rohingya refugees sell and buy vegetables in a camp outside of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, October 2017.
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A Rohingya woman cooks in her hut in a camp outside of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, October 2017.
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A young Rohingya boy plays with a makeshift kite in a camp outside of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, October 2017.
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Rohingya refugees move through one of the camps outside of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, October 2017. In the distance the frame for a drill can be seen that will be used to make a water well.
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Many small shops were quickly established and people sold whatever they could get their hands on, as the refugees settled into their new homes in camps outside of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, October 2017.
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Rohingya refugees make their way along a corrugated metal fence in one of the camps outside of Cox's Bazar, BangladeshcSome people wait in the shadows to receive access to the medical care inside.
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Rohingya refugees find space to sit or rest wherever they can in a hospital in Cox's Bazar, October 2017. Many suffered from exhaustion or malnutrition, while others suffered from gunshot or knife wounds, burns and worse, not to mention psychological trauma.
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The sun sets on a Rohingya refugee camp outside of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, October 2017.
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