Tag: Xyza Bacani

  • Once ‘Invisible,’ She Now Photographs Other Domestic Workers – The New York Times

    Once ‘Invisible,’ She Now Photographs Other Domestic Workers – The New York Times

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    Once ‘Invisible,’ She Now Photographs Other Domestic Workers Xyza Bacani — a former domestic worker — has documented the plight of illegally trafficked workers in Singapore, making their voices heard. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/01/12/once-invisible-she-photographs-domestic-workers-xyza-bacani/?&_r=0&module=Slide&region=SlideShowTopBar&version=SlideCard-5&action=Escape&contentCollection=Blogs&slideshowTitle=Once%20%E2%80%98Invisible%2C%E2%80%99% When Xyza Bacani first tried photographing migrant workers at a Singapore shelter for women who had fled abusive employers, the man…

  • Photographing Human Trafficking in New York – The New York Times

    Photographing Human Trafficking in New York – The New York Times

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    Photographing Human Trafficking in New York Xyza Bacani, a Filipino photographer, was a maid in Hong Kong for almost a decade. Now she documents human-trafficking victims in New York. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/09/14/photographing-human-trafficking-in-new-york/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog the service workers Xyza Bacani has trained her camera on are worse off than even day laborers. Lured or coerced into leaving…