Black Picture, 3rd prize
Terry Fincher
Photographers International
Photographers International
01 January, 1979
The Vietnamese Boat People. The refugee compound at the government dockyard, where daily boat-loads of refugees arrive from Vietnam. Here, they come ashore for the first time to wash and then are interviewed by the officials deciding their future.
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