pakistan earthquake 2005 pieter ten hoopen photography

Pieter ten Hoopen[ ]

O ne of the main reasons I was spurred on to cover the earthquake in Pakistan(October 2005) was the scant coverage in the Swedish media. Hurricane Katri-na, by contrast, dominated Swedish airwaves for a considerable period when itwreaked havoc in the USA.

I flew to Pakistan about a month and half after the earthquake, at a time when winter wasfast approaching, temperatures had dropped considerably and rain was hampering reliefefforts. I decided to concentrate on the city of Balakot, one of the worst-hit towns in north-west Pakistan. In total, I spent two weeks there walking around from dawn until dusk cap-turing the daily lives of ordinary people in the aftermath of the earthquake. Usually when Iwork, I prefer to focus on one particular place as it is a way to build relations with the localpeople and try to understand what they are going through. Many of the people I met werestill suffering from the shock of what had happened. Children were especially affected andwere in dire need of psychological help.

The photos you see here were taken using Fujifilm 200 ISO and 400 ISO and with the twocameras that I usually use a Nikon F100 and a F4.

[ Pieter Ten Hoopen ]

7 December 2005, Balakot, Pakistan

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29 November 2005, Balakot, PakistanMen are sitting in line, waiting to collect 25,000 rupees as a compensation for their destroyed houses.


1 December 2005, Balakot, PakistanMore than two months after the earthquake, people still search for the bodies of their family members.

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3 December 2005, Balakot, Pakistan


5 December 2005, Balakot, PakistanChazat is 17 months old. She broke her arm and suffered dehydration in the valley on her way down from the mountains to the clinic.


4 December 2005, Balakot, PakistanYoung boy traumatised after the earthquake, which totally destroyed the city of Balakot on 8 October 2005


December 2005, Balakot, PakistanFood distribution after the earthquake


December 2005, Balakot, PakistanAfghani labour workers cleaning the centre of Balakot


1 December 2005, Balakot, PakistanYoung girls are collecting clothes to face the winter that has just started in Balakot.


1 December 2005, Balakot, PakistanThe old city hotel


6 December 2005, Balakot, PakistanKaghan valley


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