During Climate Week at the UN General Assembly, I had the profound honor of joining a gathering of incredible changemakers at the Goals House HQ. Co-hosted by HRH Princess Beatrice representing TASC, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Theresa May’s Global Commission on Modern Slavery, and my own Human Thread Foundation, the event was a powerful moment [...]
This engaging discussion featured the HO Former UK Prime Minister Theresa May, HRH Princess Eugenie York, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise COO John Shultz alongside renowned humanitarian photographer Lisa Kristine. The panel delved into the pressing issues of modern slavery in the context of AI advancements. Governments, businesses, and responsible stakeholders must unite to eradicate modern [...]
At the Design for Freedom Summit, Lisa delivered a keynote addressing the significant role of ethical practices in shaping the future. The summit brought together over 550 leaders from the built environment and 75 students from 30 universities, fostering a substantial dialogue on designing a more ethical future. This gathering not only emphasized the importance [...]
Supporting Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden's World Childhood Foundation was an honor this month. Proceedings commenced at the United Nations, where we partook in crucial conversations and tactics to address issues related to child sexual misconduct, exploitation, and brutality. The statistics shared during the event are alarming and emphasize the urgent need for [...]
Lisa's exhibition was officially launched by Pope Francis on May 10th, 2019 at the Vatican, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Talitha Kum nuns combating Human Trafficking around the world. Lisa has spent the last year and a half documenting the humble work of these courageous women working on the frontlines of slavery. The Sisters usually [...]
Read the full story in Arabic CNN Amid a dense blanket of dust, photographer Lisa Kristine shines her camera lens at the men, women, and even children who work 16 hours a day in brick kilns in India. And these people work in harsh conditions and high temperatures to the point that the camera in [...]
Read the full article on Post Magazine At last month’s Thomson Reuters Anti-Slavery Summit the audience was spellbound by the stories, and images, of humanitarian photographer Lisa Kristine. Sarah Lazarus spoke to her about her work. BY SARAH LAZARUS
It was 130 degrees when I was first introduced to the brick kilns of Nepal. In these severe temperatures, men, women, and children -- whole families, in fact -- were surrounded by a dense cloud of dust while mechanically stacking bricks on their heads, carrying them, 18 at a time, from the scorching [...]
Read full article >> X-files star Gillian Anderson plays a character inspired by Lisa Kristine in the new film 'SOLD'. Adapted from the internationally bestselling novel by Patricia McCormick, Sold follows a 13-year-old Nepali girl named Lakshmi whose father sends her to Kolkata, India, to work as a domestic servant. Instead, she finds herself living [...]
Humanitarian photographer Lisa Kristine makes it her mission to seek out and document global slavery. Director Erica Jordan follows Kristine as she negotiates her way into Sonagachi, the largest red-light district in Kolkata, India, and the subject of the Academy Award-winning Born Into Brothels (MVFF 2004). There, Kristine shoots portraits of the enslaved women while [...]
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