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During 2010 Chile suffered a large earthquake. The disaster brought the people of the country together. Fortunatley i diidn't suffer too great a loss. I was on hand with my camera and also volunteering my help where needed. Here's someo of my blog posts inspired by that experience...
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13-Apr-2010
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Here is one of the official posters from my “SHAKEN, BUT NOT BROKEN” exhibition to be held with Wines of Chile (www.winesofchile.org) and Levantando Chile (www.levantandochile.org) in Chicago on April 27th, San Francisco 29th April then Toronto and London later in the year. All proceeds go to Levantando Chile to help those affected by the [...]

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22-Mar-2010
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This is Ines, She is 91 years old. I met her near the town of Souzal in Maule. She told me that she had lived through four major earthquakes. At first she told me she was 89 years old, after her daughter corrected her she said to me, “I always tell young men I’m younger [...]

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19-Mar-2010
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So we spent a few days in the heart of the Maule valley We saw the damage of the earthquake of Feb 27th, but got to me was not the destruction however, but the people and how they were coping and dealing with everyday life. Clearing up and getting back to their lives. We spent [...]

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17-Mar-2010
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We spent a day in the town of Sauzal deep into the countryside of Maule in the 7th region of Chile. The town of Sauzal was heavily hit in the earthquake of February 27th. There were 180 adobe houses in the town, there are now 30! However what struck me most in this town was [...]

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15-Mar-2010
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So our first day on the road down south to Maule. We saw some military helicopters doing emergency airdrops, and being the blaggers we are we got to go on a mission with them. There was a crew of four and a commando who was armed to the teeth! Not for our protection though, he [...]

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07-Mar-2010
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So one week after the big earthquake. We all are starting to recover. Lights came back on on Wednesday in Colchagua and water is now flowing fine I went to a few local towns to make some images. The photo here is of a man who lost his whole house. However he said to me [...]