Kate Brooks, Photographer & Filmmaker

Photography: Russia: Russian Orphans

In Russia orphans with mental and physical disabilities or learning disorders are classified into one of three categories: debil, imbecile or idiot. Those labelled as imbeciles and idiots are permanently institutionalized while still toddlers.  

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