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PhotoVoice is an award-winning international non-profit organisation, based in London UK. Working alongside both international organisations and local partners, PhotoVoice provides in-field photojournalism workshops for those living on the fringes of society. Internationally it provides the platform for these groups to exhibit and market their work.

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