Last summer, thirteen Burmese ethnic minority refugees were each given a disposable camera and a simple request: document the people, places and events that make up your life. The participants represent the diversity of Mae La, Thailand’s largest refugee camp: they are men and women from different religious and ethnic groups, with different ages and educational backgrounds and different experiences of life outside of camp. Though many had never used a camera before, all produced vivid, engrossing scenes of camp life.
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