Laotian dancing girls, Laos, 1986

Dancing girls, Laos, 1986

Spring Festival, Laos, 1986

Spring Festival, Laos, 1986

Laos Children, Laos, 1986

Sapphire mining, Buddhist monks watching the mining, Laos, 1985

Geologists measure the strength of the productive layer, Laos, 1985

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