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Outlook: The street kid and the plastic camera

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12/11/2019 GMT

The street kid and the plastic camera

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Photographer Vicky Roy got his break taking photos of his friends on the streets of Delhi

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’s 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’s 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’s 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’s Andrea Kennedy. 

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