"The continually receding shore and vanishing vegetation leave behind a coast of sediment holding an ironic beauty of its own amid the increasingly barren shores. You could call it a tragic beauty caused by human hands."Ghoramara is an island located on a delta region in West Bengal that has shrunk to approximately half its size since 1969 as a result of climate change. In recent years as many as two-thirds of the population have been forced to move away from the island. South Korean photographer Daesung Lee traveled to Ghoramara in 2012 to make these images.
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