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Ruby Russell

Ruby Russell is a founding member of Sandblast, a non-profit arts organisation which aims to raise awareness of the Morocco’s illegal occupation of Western Sahara and the plight of Saharawi refugees. Her work with Sandblast includes running photographic workshops in refugee camps in the Algerian Sahara. Ruby was assistant publisher at Trolley, an independent photographic imprint for two and half years. She is now pursuing a career in features writing, and is currently working in collaboration with photographer (and previous oD editorial intern) Kyna Gourley, on several projects which highlight social issues in the UK and abroad.

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