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Ben Trovato is the independent online publication dedicated to discovering and showcasing the works of some of the most promising talents in fashion photography and film from around the world. It has become a world provenance for fashion media, an unbeatable source of talent and inspiration.

When the Asian tsunami hit southern Thailand in 2004, the sea that had sustained the region for generations – the Andaman – rose up, destroying families and killing thousands. Three-and-a-half years later, a team of journalists set out for the seaside province of Phang-nga to document the lives and culture of people living by the Andaman. They found a people marked – but not defined – by disaster, a people who have taken on challenges and risen above them. By the salty docks of Phang-nga they found stories of determination. In Buddhist temples they found tradition. On boats and in schools and on the streets of tiny villages, they found surprises, sadness, laughter and hope. Welcome to life by the Andaman Sea.

Edwin Shneidman is not afraid of death. He has studied it all his life.