Wearing identical pink dresses and surprisingly serious expressions, the three girls are staring down into the camera, which is held by their 14-year-old classmate Kabang. The girls are from St Bartholomew’s Orphanage in Kajo Keji, South Sudan, which serves as a home to 80 children who lost their families during the 21-year civil war.
The image, powerful because it captures the humanity of the subjects and offers a window into a world we rarely see, is currently on display in Sharjah’s Maraya Art Centre as part of a touring exhibition organised by Mobipix, a UAE-based photography collective.
The show is made up of images taken by children and young adults and is part of an initiative by 100cameras, a non-profit group based in New York, who use photography to empower children and use the stories to create tangible change in the children’s’ communities.
The images not only open our eyes to these untold stories, but all the proceeds from sales of these striking pictures go directly to help the children in the photographs.
“It is a beautiful concept because it not only motivates a child to do something creative and support their community, but it is also a way to nurture future artists,” says Reem Saeed, the founder of Mobipix.
“When I discovered the organisation, I was excited about it because I love social work and photography and this combines both.”
Original article by Anna Seaman
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