Organisation: Behind the Picture
Location: Kashmir
Photographer: Mohammad Omer

"It was a pleasant afternoon, school was full of children of different age groups, screening was in process in one of the classrooms, children standing outside in a line waiting for their turn to come, everyone was coming out of the screening room with a huge smile.  "

What I love about this image is the hope & happiness that I see through the little girl’s eyes.  

It’s not every day that a young girl in a city in Kashmir gets her picture taken to be published on the internet which would potentially have a global reach. When we briefed the students about the photography session, they were actually very excited, a little shy but excited as well.  

It was a pleasant afternoon, school was full of children of different age groups, screening was in process in one of the classrooms, children standing outside in a line waiting for their turn to come, everyone was coming out of the screening room with a huge smile.  

Most of these underprivileged children do not even get the opportunity to get their eye sights checked and then the opportunity to get the rightly powered eyeglasses. What found me very interested in shooting this project was the fact that there are esteemed individuals & organizations like the Brien Holden Vision Institute working out there to provide such opportunities to these children & their respective families.