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TEDxMaui

January 2012

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Photos that bear witness to modern slavery

Photographer Lisa Kristine travels the world documenting the unbearably harsh realities of modern-day slavery. She shares hauntingly beautiful images -- miners in the Congo, bricklayers in Nepal -- that illuminate the plight of the 27 million souls enslaved worldwide.

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Photographer Lisa Kristine travels the world documenting the unbearably harsh realities of modern-day slavery. She shares hauntingly beautiful images -- miners in the Congo, bricklayers in Nepal -- that illuminate the plight of the 27 million souls enslaved worldwide.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxMaui, an independent event. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

Read more about TEDx.

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Lisa Kristine uses photography to expose deeply human stories.

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