Born Into Brothels

By Zana Briski

Ms. Briski became involved in the lives of these children seven years ago while she was photographing prostitutes in Calcutta's red-light district. In photographing the mothers, she met the children, the lowest rung of Calcutta's social ladder. Spending time with them, Briski realized that their fascination with her camera could become a creative outlet. She began holding photography workshops to teach the basics of photography, from lighting and composition to editing and narrative sequencing. The results of their work together are documented in this book, which features biographies and photographs taken by the children, film stills from the documentary and commentary by the co-directors Ross Kauffman and Briski. The story they tell is one of the human spirit’s potential unleashed through a camera lens, and the collaborative triumph of self-expression in a complicated reality.

Item Number: B4848

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Year: 2005
Images: 93 color and 13 bw
104 pages
Hardcover