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Tsunami survivors photograph their lives three years on

Date: 03 Dec 2007

Three years on from the tsunami, which devastated vast swathes of Asia, people whose lives were torn apart have taken part in a photography project to show how they are putting their lives back together.

The British Red Cross project involved photographer Ruth Robinson working with around 90 tsunami survivors in Indonesia, the Maldives and Sri Lanka, taking photographs and explaining them in their own words.

Ms Robinson said: “Taking part in this project and speaking to people about their photographs was incredibly moving.

“One picture that really stands out was by a man in Indonesia called Bakhtiar. At first it looks like an amusing picture of a toddler in a nappy with sunglasses on, but when the individual explained his picture to me a heart-wrenching story was behind it.”

She explained: “He took the picture for remembrance of his family members who died in the tsunami, in particular his nephew who Bakhtiar was trying to hold onto but the tsunami swept him away.”

The project aims to be empowering for those involved and offers a unique insight into their thoughts and feelings.

One of the participants, 34-year-old, Soufan from Addalachchenai, Sri Lanka, explained: “I have taken these pictures to touch your minds and hearts and I hope the people who come to see these pictures at the exhibition will be inspired by our communities and our lives.”

Matthias Schmale, director of international at the British Red Cross said: “It is important that we feed back to the public how their donations have made a difference to people’s lives – and what better way than to enable those who were caught up in this tsunami to tell their own stories of their recovery?”

The exhibition is open to the public from Thursday 6 December to Sunday 6 January at the.gallery@oxo on the South Bank in London.

Open daily (except closed 24-25 Dec and 1 Jan), Open from 11am to 6pm (except 26 and 31 Dec, 11am to 4pm).

The British Red Cross would like to thank all those organisations and individuals who have offered generous support, without whom this event would not have been possible. They include Coin Street Community Builders, Ruth Robinson, Swansea Institute Art & Design Faculty, Eric Armstrong of Murain Frames, Passion Organic and Nick Wilcock of Jessops, Swansea.

The exhibition is on display at the.gallery@oxo, Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse Street, South Bank, London. SE1 9PH.

Opening times:

11- 6pm - Thursday 6 December - Sunday 23 December
Closed: 24 & 25 December
11-4pm - Wednesday 26 December
11-6pm - Thursday 27 - Sunday 30th December
11-4pm - Monday 31 December

Closed: Tuesday 1 Jan

11-6pm: Wednesday 2 Jan - Sunday 6 Jan

or further information visit: http://www.redcross.org.uk/ or http://www.coinstreet.org/

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