Purpose

My name is Alex Orellana, and I am a Chilean-American photography and photojournalism student at the University of Georgia. This blog will document my travels through Chile from May 20 to July 30, 2010. My goal is to cover the aftermath of the level-8.8 earthquake that occurred at 3:34 AM off the coast of the Maule region in southern Chile on February 27, 2010, and to raise awareness of the destruction caused by the event.

All of the photos on this site were shot in JPEG format and are completely unedited unless noted.