An up-and-coming photographer who won plaudits for her work documenting the suffering and survival of socially marginalized people around the world has drawn together eight years of travel and experiences into a new book.
"Human Dignity" by Noriko Hayashi, 30, contains reports on her work and 40 photos, including portraits of an HIV-positive Cambodian woman and young Pakistani women whose faces were disfigured by acid attacks.
"I have tried to record the stories of those living on the fringes of society through these photographs," Hayashi said.