Chronicles Of Starvation & Death

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Victims of the Madras famine by Willoughby Wallace Hooper, 1877 (Images: Public Domain)
India has 196.4 million undernourished people, the highest in the world. It's a hidden humanitarian crisis.

Nearly 140 years ago, Willoughby Wallace Hooper, a British officer and photographer, wielded his camera, documenting the Great Famine of 1876-78. His photographs, documenting death and starvation, are difficult and devastating. Below are a few of his photographs.

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