This Beautiful Calendar Features Acid-Attack Survivors As Its Models

The survivors reenacted their greatest aspirations in a series of moving and powerful photographs.

In 2014, New Delhi-based photographer Rahul Saharan conducted a beautiful photoshoot with a few acid-attack survivors.

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The clothes were all designed by one of the models, Rupa.

They have now come together to create "Bello", a calendar dedicated to the dreams of acid-attack survivors in India.

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It emerged from debates about the true meaning of beauty in society.

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The calendar aims to challenge the notion that victims of acid violence are "ugly" or "unpresentable."

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And make us stop misjudging those whose appearances may have been altered by vicious attacks, but who have not lost their faces or identities.

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The funds raised through the calendar's sale will be used in the rehabilitation and betterment of the acid attack survivors in India.

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You can buy the calendar through the social volunteering website Paltan.

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Find out more about acid attacks at the Acid Violence Trust International and Stop Acid Attacks websites.