ENTRY DESCRIPTION
On April 29th 1991, the Gorky cyclone hit the south-western part of Bangladesh. Many Rohingya, ignoring the authorities' warnings, chose to stay at the seaside.

Their house were smashed to smithereens by the cyclone. The total casualties were about 140 thousand people, including some dozen thousand of refugees. The looters looking for gold rings maimed thousands of Rohingyas' and Bengalis' corpses strewn around the area. Following the catastrophe, a forest was planted to serve as a natural barrier against the wind and waves in the places where people once died.

Naziratek (Bangladesh), October 2013

AUTHOR
born 1978 in Poland, based in Szczecin (Poland). Photographer of The National Geographic Polska Magazine and associate member of the Collective Report. Started with travel photography and in the end engaged in documentary one. Searches for social problems and the human's stories. Author of individual and group exhibitions in Poland. Laureate of The Grand Press Photo 2014, honorable mentioned in international photography contests in Los Angeles, Moscow and London.


Reported for the Polish Radio on his tour through China, Tibet, Nepal and India. His photos have been published in The National Geographic Polska Magazine. In 2010 he was invited to India where he portraited His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. Curiosity to the world led him to Peru, Morocco, Nepal, Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, Georgia, Tibet, China and many others. In love with his family and wife, who is the best reviewer.

Currently working on a long-term project about Rohingya refugees from Myanmar.

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