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Night photograph of a damaged single-storey house after a storm, its corrugated tin roof partly torn away and bare wooden rafters exposed. The walls are painted turquoise, with a pink-framed doorway and a small wooden stool visible inside. Debris, broken bricks, a bicycle and a blue plastic sheet lie in the muddy yard, with a dim lamp glowing at the right edge. No people are visible and no a person candidate appears in the scene.

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January 03 20122012-01-03Night photograph of a damaged single-storey house with a turquoise-painted front wall, its corrugated metal and thatched roof partly torn away and sagging over bamboo rafters. A bare bulb glows inside the doorway. Bicycles lean against the left wall, and scattered debris, a metal pot, a bucket and a brass vessel lie on the muddy ground in front. A small sapling stands at right beside an unfinished multi-storey building. No people are visible in the scene.2012-01-03A photograph of a damaged village house after a cyclone, its tiled roof stripped away to bare wooden rafters and battens against a pale sky. Exposed brick walls show beneath, and a whitewashed compound wall in the foreground has faded graffiti including green Tamil-style lettering. Corrugated sheet panels lean at the left and a thin wire runs across the roofline. No people are visible in the scene, and no ritual, relief distribution or a person appearance is shown.2012-01-06January 03 20122012-01-03A photograph of a damaged, partly collapsed rural shed or hut. Its corrugated metal roof sheets are bent and torn, with exposed rafters and sagging timber sticking out at angles. A white-painted pole stands in the foreground on the left, and a metal post on the right supports the edge. Dried palm fronds lie piled in the bottom left, with scattered debris, broken bricks and rubble on the ground. Green shrubs and foliage grow along the right edge. No people are visible.2009-10-02A photograph of storm-damaged buildings on a residential street. In the centre a small structure with a collapsed thatched roof of dried palm fronds and bamboo rafters is partly exposed, with bare timber poles propping its green wall. Beside it stand white and orange-painted concrete houses, a light green wall and a corrugated sheet roof with debris scattered on the ground in the foreground. No people are visible.2012-01-07A damaged mud-walled hut with a collapsed thatched roof stands beside tall palm trees on a dirt road after a cyclone. Debris of broken palm fronds, branches and torn tarpaulins lies in front of the house, with a blue tarp draped over part of the roof. A man in a light shirt and sarong walks on the road in the background, and a motorcycle is parked nearby. Utility poles and a damaged shed are visible on the right.2012-01-07Photograph of a storm-damaged village street in Kuttiyankuppam after a cyclone. A low tiled-roof house with a pale yellow wall has broken and missing roof tiles scattered across its frontage and the pavement. A man in an orange t-shirt and checked blue lungi stands in the doorway, and a second man in a white shirt and blue checked lungi stands at the right edge. A pink bicycle leans against the wall. Fallen palm fronds and a heap of debris lie beside the road, with palm trees bent by wind in the background and a green wall at left. A small framed picture hangs beside the door. No deity, ritual or a person depiction is visible.2012-01-06A photograph of a collapsed brick house after a storm, its thatched or timber roof torn away and lying in a heap of broken wooden rafters, bamboo poles and debris in the foreground. Coconut palm fronds hang over the damaged structure, and a doorway is still visible in the standing brick wall. No people are visible in the scene. The image is a relief-work record of storm damage.2012-01-04January 03 20122012-01-03A photograph of storm wreckage: a collapsed hut framework of bamboo poles and rough timber lies tangled over dry straw, palm fronds and debris. A single brick pillar painted in pale turquoise and green stands askew among the rubble, and a thin rope is tied across the frame. Green foliage and bare branches fill the background. No people are visible in the scene.2012-01-07January 03 20122012-01-03