Sapphire mining, Praga V3S trucks, Laos, 1985

Buddhist monks at a sapphire mining site, Laos, 1985

Laos workers in Hoy Say village, Laos, 1985

Work break with guards, Laos, 1985

Food preparation, Laos, 1985

Laotian village, Laos, 1985

Laotian village, Laos, 1985

Drying of concentrate and hand picking of sapphires, Laos, 1985

Sapphire rock mining, Laos, 1985

Dredging a water tank for soil washing during sapphire mining, Laos, 1985

Sapphire mining, Menzi Muck excavator, Laos, 1985

Jiří Lukš in the middle on the back of an elephant, Laos, 1985

Jiri Lukš second from the right at the airport in Laos, 1985

Sapphire mining, pump preparation, Laos, 1985

Natives digging for sapphires, Laos, 1985

Natives digging for sapphires, Laos, 1985

Traditional sapphire mining, Laos, 1985

With igniter in front of the chamber blasting in the quarry, Heřmanovice, early 70s

Jiří Lukš, approximately mid-1960s

Jiří Lukš in 2022

Son Martin Lukš with grandmother Maria Lukšová, Heřmanovice, about 1982

With his wife Jarmila, Heřmanovice, about 1987

Jiří Lukš, circa 1990s

Jiří Lukš in 2022

Martin Laštovička, cousin and sister Hanka in 1976