TWE PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Too Young to Wed, 2011 by Stephanie Sinclair

Eleven Female Photojournalists’ Images On Display At The
National Geographic “Women of Vision” Exhibit, Washington, D.C.

For the photo below entitled “Too Young to Wed, 2011,” Stephanie Sinclair traveled to Yemen for an assignment on Child Brides. Here she photographed Nujood Ali who stunned the world in 2008 by obtaining a divorce at age ten in Yemen, striking a blow against forced marriage.

 

Photo by Stephanie Sinclair/National Geographic.

Almost one hundred images taken by female photojournalists since 2000,
including Sinclair’s photo above, can be seen at the National Geographic Museum through 3/9/14.