Flex Mentallo

And it is also a builder of bridges. It is language.

This obviates the nature of the camera - it is a power tool, and the wielder holds the power to determine what it captures, whether human souls, earth or sky.

MINIMUM

We became a photography collective, like Magnum!

Who took which photo?

Barriers are broken.

...as if by slight of hand, the camera slides from us to them and back again. Our view of 'them', their view of 'us'...

I am like a beached whale...

I am fascinated by their faces - these women are probably much younger than they appear. They may carry their suffering lightly, but they wear it in their faces...

Sonali works for the local NGO and is a bundle of energy. When she was a child, a bout of tonsilitis led to the formation of inoperable tumors. Though benign, their weight is so great that her neck is under constant stress. Yet she is absolutely undeterred, determined to make a difference in this life to people worse off than herself. She is the sort of person Purnabha and I want to support in future, to invest in her dreams.