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Photographic statements from a Mumbai slum

  • 09 April 2008

Apnalaya is a Mumbai based non government organisation that works with slum dwellers. It was founded in 1972 by former Australian High Commissioner to Mumbai, Tom Holland. The photographer Ian Woolverton has won two humanitarian awards. He is adept at generating public and political debate by using words and images to craft pithy and powerful opinion pieces. Recently he created a photo essay for Apnalaya. (Click on images for large version.)

 

LINKS: Mumbai slum dwellers — long photo essay Ian Woolverton's gallery Apnalaya

Ian Woolverton is a British, Melbourne-based writer and photographer who has devoted his working life to not-for-profit organisations, including International Red Cross and Oxfam. He covered the Bali bombings in 2002, the 2004 Asian tsunami in Aceh and the Pakistan earthquake in 2005.