This resort beach has been the home for 518 Vietnamese refugees since their boat landed on May 28th, 1979. Hygienic facilities are rare and the Malaysian government has provided rice but now threatens to repair the boats and send the refugees out to sea and an uncertain destiny
Photographs20th century

This resort beach has been the home for 518 Vietnamese refugees since their boat landed on May 28th, 1979. Hygienic facilities are rare and the Malaysian government has provided rice but now threatens to repair the boats and send the refugees out to sea and an uncertain destiny

1979

Artists

Kraipit PhanvutArtist
Classification
Photographs
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Medium
Vintage gelatin silver print, resin-coated
Century
20th century
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Department
Department of Photographs

Dimensions

17.8 × 26.4 cm (7 × 10 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Doug and Joan Hansen, gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2021.

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This resort beach has been the home for 518 Vietnamese refugees since their boat landed on May 28th, 1979. Hygienic facilities are rare and the Malaysian government has provided rice but now threatens to repair the boats and send the refugees out to sea and an uncertain destiny | Harvard Art Museums | KenAI