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Photos by documentary photographer Debsuddha Banerjee @deb_shuddho. “Belonging, an ongoing body of work that has been continuing since 2020, intends to visually narrate the lives of my two aunts, Gayatri and Swati who have been living as well as dealing with psychological claustrophobia led by social seclusion throughout their life for being born as an albino in the metropolitan city Kolkata in India. Along with all the crude experiences they have faced throughout their life, it is also a story about their sisterly companionship, love, affection for each other, and also hope that they still possess deep down in their cognitive state. Being a photographer and their nephew I try to observe and witness their resilience through my own affection and understanding I have with my aunts.” Debsuddha documented this story as part of a project funded by the National Geographic Society's COVID-19 Emergency Fund for Journalists, which supports storytellers around the world who wish to safely cover #COVID19.