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The street kid and the plastic camera

Vicky Roy was just a kid when a charity gave him a plastic camera, and he began taking photos of his friends on the streets of Delhi. Twenty years later he鈥檚 a star photographer.

Photographer Vicky Roy spent his childhood on the streets of Delhi. A charity took him in and introduced him to photography. Vicky started taking photos with a plastic camera, and eventually began charging his friends for portraits. He went on to become a successful photographer with a reputation for evocative photos of street children. He told Outlook鈥檚 Jo Fidgen his story.

Frank Shankwitz is the co-founder of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, an organisation that since 1980 has granted hundreds of thousands of wishes for children with life-threatening medical conditions. Frank鈥檚 inspiration came from his own difficult childhood, a near-death experience and an encounter with a 7-year-old boy named Chris Greicius. Frank is the subject of a recently released feature film called Wish Man. He spoke to Outlook鈥檚 Andrea Kennedy.

Picture: Vicky Roy
Credit: Courtesy of Vicky Roy

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