On May 7, the World Bank unveiled "Borderless Captivity," a groundbreaking photography exhibit featuring a significant portfolio of work by IJM Director of Photography Ted Haddock. This photography exhibition at the World Bank headquarters in Washington, DC, also features noted photographers João Silva and Olivier Asselin of The New York Times and Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Robert Bilheimer. "Borderless Captivity" was launched with a symposium on human trafficking attended by World Bank staff and members of the global anti-trafficking community. View captions by rolling your mouse cursor over each image once it has loaded. 
The best photographs come from a relationship of trust and respect. The World Bank Art Program intends "Borderless Captivity" to serve as a "visual narrative to tell a story, not only of abuse and despair, but of education, hope and redemption." Haddock's photos vividly tell these stories of hope. He brings viewers face-to-face with people like Kumar, a former slave freed through IJM intervention, painstakingly preparing his homework, and Salila*, once held in forced prostitution, smiling joyfully in an image emblematic of the hope freedom has brought her. "Photography is a relationship rooted in humility," Haddock explains. "At best, the photographer can simply watch and listen. But on days when merely watching and listening seem to me insufficient or feel a bit amateur, I sometimes think, are these not among the simplest and most fundamental ways to love another person?" These compelling and candid glimpses of the lives of IJM's clients, created through Haddock's respect for those he photographs, compel viewers to respond to the human rights crises of our day. You can learn more about IJM Director of Photography Ted Haddock by reading his bio and more about “Borderless Captivity” by visiting the World Bank's site and watching their video podcast on the exhibition.
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