The WAITING (2005) series was made on the Thai coast in the weeks after the tsunami. By that time the media from all over the world had already shown an avalanche of images in which the drama had been illuminated from every conceivable angle. With WAITING Joakim Eneroth asks primarily for reflection and contemplation, without immediately aiming at strong emotion. His photographs call on us to once again summon before our mind's eye and quietly reflect on the many images of the tsunami that we remember. In that way they will have the space that in all likelihood they did not have in the first, massive consumption, focused as it often was on consumption. By photographing the sea both calm and threatening, Eneroth moreover gives shape to the unpredictability of nature.

Joakim Eneroth (Sweden, b. 1969) works as a freelancer for various Swedish newspapers. He has worked together with Antoine d'Agata and Machiel Botman, and garnered international praise for his photo book Without End.