In early 2016, the Mekong Delta experienced what was its worst drought in almost a century which was caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon. Quinn Ryan Mattingly and I decided to spend some time down there to see and photograph it ourselves and this post details some of the images and stories that I captured.
Read MoreApril 27, 2016. The sun rises over the drought ravaged rice fields near Ba Tri City in Ben Tre Province. With no rain since last October, many of the rice fields are cracked and have dried out. Rice fields in Ba Tri typically gets 3 harvests per year, but the first one spoiled due to the lack of rain.