Images by Phuc Quach (Lightstalkers) http://www.lightstalkers.org/phuc_quach The Gallery is a selection of images from previous and ongoing projects, including a photo-essay on Agent Orange in Viet Nam, the work of the Red Cross in Afghanistan, anti-capitalist protests, and portraits of Chagossian people, a small community in Mauritius who were secretly forcefully removed from their homeland in the Chagos Archipelago by the British government in the late 1960s and early 1970s, which includes Diego Garcia, to make way for the construction of one of the largest U.S. air and naval bases in the world. This was where the B52s and stealth bombers took off to attack Afghanistan and Iraq. en-us Hussain Ali, pictured here at the Red Cross Orthopaedic Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004 was injured by a landmine seven years ago while collecting firewood. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372771/VQA_002_Kabul_small.jpg' /><br />Hussain Ali, pictured here at the Red Cross Orthopaedic Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004 was injured by a landmine seven years ago while collecting firewood.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372771'>Hussain Ali, pictured here at the Red Cross Orthopaedic Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004 was injured by a landmine seven years ago while collecting firewood.</a> Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:56:42 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372771 Marahan (left), 12, prepares for his new artificial limb at the Red Cross Orthopaedic Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004. Marahan was playing when he accidentally walked on a landmine. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372768/VQA_035_Kabul_small.jpg' /><br />Marahan (left), 12, prepares for his new artificial limb at the Red Cross Orthopaedic Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004. Marahan was playing when he accidentally walked on a landmine.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372768'>Marahan (left), 12, prepares for his new artificial limb at the Red Cross Orthopaedic Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004. Marahan was playing when he accidentally walked on a landmine.</a> Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:56:34 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372768 Hazamullah (right), a landmine victim, receives rehabilitation from a staff at the Red Cross Orthopaedic Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372765/VQA_050_Kabul_small.jpg' /><br />Hazamullah (right), a landmine victim, receives rehabilitation from a staff at the Red Cross Orthopaedic Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372765'>Hazamullah (right), a landmine victim, receives rehabilitation from a staff at the Red Cross Orthopaedic Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004.</a> Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:56:27 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372765 Said Karim, 18, a landmine victim, receives treatment from staff at the Red Cross Orthopaedic Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372762/VQA_014_Kabul_small.jpg' /><br />Said Karim, 18, a landmine victim, receives treatment from staff at the Red Cross Orthopaedic Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372762'>Said Karim, 18, a landmine victim, receives treatment from staff at the Red Cross Orthopaedic Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004.</a> Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:56:19 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372762 Abdul Salman, a war veteran and landmine victim, pictured here at home in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372759/VQA_006_Kabul_small.jpg' /><br />Abdul Salman, a war veteran and landmine victim, pictured here at home in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372759'>Abdul Salman, a war veteran and landmine victim, pictured here at home in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004.</a> Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:56:13 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372759 Noorahan, 12, a landmine victim, recuperates at the Emergency Surgical Hospital for War Victims in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372756/VQA_051_Kabul_small.jpg' /><br />Noorahan, 12, a landmine victim, recuperates at the Emergency Surgical Hospital for War Victims in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372756'>Noorahan, 12, a landmine victim, recuperates at the Emergency Surgical Hospital for War Victims in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004.</a> Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:56:07 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372756 Denise Raphael, a member of the Chagos Refugee Group (CRG) from the Salomon Islands, one of sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, pictured here in Cassis, a poor housing suburb of Port Louis, Mauritius, 2005. Den <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372744/VQA_036_Chagos_05_small.jpg' /><br />Denise Raphael, a member of the Chagos Refugee Group (CRG) from the Salomon Islands, one of sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, pictured here in Cassis, a poor housing suburb of Port Louis, Mauritius, 2005. Den<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372744'>Denise Raphael, a member of the Chagos Refugee Group (CRG) from the Salomon Islands, one of sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, pictured here in Cassis, a poor housing suburb of Port Louis, Mauritius, 2005. Den</a> Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:55:41 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372744 Robert Lemaitre, 82, a retired docker and fisherman from the Salomon Islands, one of sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, pictured here with his grandson in Roiche Bois, a poor housing suburb of Port Louis, Mauri <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372732/VQA_003_Chagos_05_small.jpg' /><br />Robert Lemaitre, 82, a retired docker and fisherman from the Salomon Islands, one of sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, pictured here with his grandson in Roiche Bois, a poor housing suburb of Port Louis, Mauri<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372732'>Robert Lemaitre, 82, a retired docker and fisherman from the Salomon Islands, one of sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, pictured here with his grandson in Roiche Bois, a poor housing suburb of Port Louis, Mauri</a> Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:55:08 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372732 Landmine victims practice walking with newly fitted artificial limbs at the Red Cross Orthopaedic Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372726/VQA_019_Kabul_small.jpg' /><br />Landmine victims practice walking with newly fitted artificial limbs at the Red Cross Orthopaedic Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372726'>Landmine victims practice walking with newly fitted artificial limbs at the Red Cross Orthopaedic Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004.</a> Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:54:53 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372726 A refugee family returns home from Pakistan receives landmine awareness education at the United Nations Transit Centre for returning refugees in north of Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372720/VQA_053_Kabul_small.jpg' /><br />A refugee family returns home from Pakistan receives landmine awareness education at the United Nations Transit Centre for returning refugees in north of Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372720'>A refugee family returns home from Pakistan receives landmine awareness education at the United Nations Transit Centre for returning refugees in north of Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004.</a> Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:54:41 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372720