Seeking asylum, finding tragedy

• Prize
• Photographer
  Ardiles Rante, Indonesia
• Studio
  www.hatikecilvisuals.com
• Website
  http://www.lightstalkers.org/ardilesrante

In this photograph taken on July 24, 2013 Two Sri Langkan female survivors grieves while assisted by Indonesian rescuers upon their arrival at local clinic of Cidaun, West Java on July 24, 2013 after an Australia-bound boat carrying asylum-seekers sank off the Indonesian coast, leaving at 11 confirmed dead. Rescuers continued searching the seas off Indonesian for survivors. Police have said around 200 were aboard, but an asylum-seeker has said 250 people, mostly Sri Lankans and Iranian, made the perilous journey. Photo by Ardiles Rante/Hati Kecil Visuals for News.com.au


Freelance Photographer Based in Indonesia