The women and girls working with social enterprise Lensational use recycled and donated cameras to express themselves and earn an income. By Jennifer Chowdhury2015-10-04 12:00:17 UTC Bonnie Chiu has used photography to express herself for as long as she can remember. But it was a chance encounter with a group of teenage girls in Istanbul, Turkey, that changed the way the 22-year-old looked at the art forever. Despite speaking different languages, Chiu and…
This startup uses photography to empower women around the world
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