As time passes by and you look at portraits, the people come back to you like a silent echo. A photograph is a vestige of a face, a face in transit. Photography has something to do with death. It's a trace.
BAAN NAM KEM, Thailand — The tsunami destroyed approximately 500 coastal fishing boats, such as those pictured here, 80 trawlers, and 10 fishing piers.
On Dec. 31, 1946, U.S. President Harry S. Truman formally declared the end of World War II. The photographs in this book survey the era during and following the war -- the people and places affected by this extraordinary event.