“One advantage of photography is that it’s visual and can transcend language.”

An illegal mine shaft in Ghana. The brick kilns of northern India. A cabin restaurant on a side street of Kathmandu. Fishing boats on the lapping waters of Lake Volta: Over the last three years San Francisco born photographer Lisa Kristine has documented these sites of forced labor and human trafficking. Lisa Kristine: “A conservative estimate tells us there are more than 27 million people enslaved in the world today. That’s double the amount of people taken from Africa during the entire trans-Atlantic slave trade.” And “I truly believe, if we can see one another as fellow human beings, then it becomes very difficult to tolerate atrocities like slavery. These images are not of issues. They are of people, real people, like you and me, all deserving of the same rights, dignity and respect in their lives.” — WATCH HERE-—-Filmed at TEDxMaui. Photo Credit: TED. Moves you into action no? Here is a great survey you can take to see how you are part of the slavery. And look into Free the Slaves.Free the Slaves is an international non-governmental organization and lobby group, established to campaign against the modern practice of slavery around the world. Share-to-care!