Meet Ritu, an acid attack survivor from Sheroes Hangout, Agra. She
has been an advocate for India’s Stop Acid Attacks campaign for the
last few years. She loves playing volleyball. One day one her way to
practice, she was attacked with acid just to settle some scores with
her family on a property matter. Ritu was not only disfigured, but lost
her eyesight, and had to discontinue her education. That was when
campaigners of the Stop Acid Attacks movement got in touch with her
and motivated her to continue treatment, regain her self-confidence
and become independent as its not her fault at all. She works in Agra's
Sheroes Hangout cafe. Ritu smiles and proudly says “nothing seems
impossible now!”.
Jai Thakur, 30, a Business Research Analyst with one of the top rated Wall Street firms started photography out of his passion for traveling and storytelling. He consider himself an amateur travel & documentary photographer. His work has been selected and displayed at various platforms like Where the Road Leads... at Lalit Kala Academy 2016, Nicefoto 2014 (An international celebration of Amateur photography), Jeevika: 10th Asian Livelihood Documentary Film Festival 2013 and Nicefoto Jaipur Chapter 2013. He won Honorable awards at the repute of Monochrome Black and White International Photography Awards 2017 & 2016, International Photography Awards 2017 & 2016, International Photography Awards (Family of Man) 2016, Moscow International Foto Awards 2016, Tokyo International Foto Awards 2016, Sahitya Kala Parishad Annual Art Exhibition 2015 (Govt. of Delhi NCT) and Jury Mention at Jeevika: 10th Asian Livelihood Documentary Film Awards. His work has been published in various media platforms be it print, online or Instagram.
Awards 2018: International Photography Award (Single Shot)
2017 & 2016: Honorable Mention at International Photography Awards
2017 & 2016 : Honorable Mention at Monochrome Photography Awards (B&W)
2016: Honorable Mention at Tokyo International Foto Awards
2016: Honorable Mention at International Photography Awards (Single Shot)
2016: Honorable Mention at Moscow International Foto Awards
2015: Selected at Sahitya Kala Parishad Annual Art Exhibition
2013: Jury Mention at 10th Jeevika: Asia Documentary Festival
