About the Project
In a unique project conceived and put in place by the Terre des hommes
Foundation (Lausanne, Switzerland), the documentary photographer Achinto Bhadra
and counselor Harleen Walia guided 126 girls and women through a healing
journey of psychological transformation. Achinto’s portraits record trafficking
survivors’ imaginative visions of themselves as human, animistic and divine
beings of power, love, revenge and freedom.
The girls and women in the photographs, from 8 to 25 years old, are survivors
of trafficking, rape or abandonment, or are the children of sex workers. They
have been in the care of Sanlaap, a non-governmental organization based in
Kolkata, India. The photography sessions were conducted at Sanlaap’s Sneha
Girls Shelter.
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