Tales from the Island of Serendip 4 4

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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.

Edited July 29, 2018 by Flex Mentallo

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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...

Edited July 29, 2018 by Flex Mentallo

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I am like a beached whale...

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

Edited July 29, 2018 by Flex Mentallo

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Barriers are broken.

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Who took which photo?

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We became a photography collective, like Magnum!