Mark Pearson
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For over sixty years DPRK (Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) has been one of the world’s most secret societies and is still one of the few countries under communist rule.
Sandstorms happen in Sub Saharan Africa and the Arabian peninsula around Pakistan, Iran and India.
Below freezing temperatures and bitter snow storms have been gripping Afghanistan since the onset of winter in mid December. At its peak temperatures in the region fell to -22C (-8F); the coldest in more than 30 years.
About the photographer;
Mark Pearson is a Scottish photographer who works in natural disasters and conflict environments for the UK based disaster relief charity ShelterBox.
His work has been published by National Geographic, Newsweek, BBC, SKY, ITV , Rotary International and numerous other publications.
“Aftershock”, is his first book and is the culmination of several years of work covering the Asian Tsunami, Pakistan earthquake, Somalia, Lebanon and Sudan.
Thousands of Afghan families are living homeless throughout the city of five million people, most recently there has been an influx from Kandahar, Parwan, Badghish, Iran and Pakistan arriving in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, February 25th, 2008. (Photo Mark Pearson)