Cary Friedman/Photography

Untitled, 2016 - by Anna Grazhdankina, Russian

white cat - Photograph by J Erick Ramos

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- Carson McCullers

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Baby Kurt > The  World

photo by burk uzzle

Sonali’s work is dedicated to people in suffering. She knows from her own experience what suffering means.We met in March, in her hometown, Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka. While photographing her I noticed a scratch on her hand. She told me how twice she wanted to commit suicide. For those around her she always had a perfect life.  She was great at school and that was all that mattered to her family. She graduated from medical bio engineering and had prestigious jobs. But inside of her there were always many struggles. She suffers from bipolar disorder and she had many moments in her life when she didn’t find a motivation to continue. She started to harm herself when she was 11. She took all kind of antidepressants, but that didn’t help much.What helped most was talking about her suffering and listen to other people who were suffering. So she decided to dedicate most of her time to those in need. Today Sonali works for the World Health Organisation and also for SheDecides, a global movement that fights for women’s rights. In the end, I think curing others’ suffering, is the best cure for your own suffering.

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Photography: “A school in Beirut, Lebanon”, 1979. Photographer: John Bulmer

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