WHY THORN?
I am choosing to raise money and awareness for Thorn. I’d honestly not thought much about the sexual exploitation of children before now. It wasn’t that I didn’t care about the issue; I just didn’t realize how big of a problem it is, because no one really talks about it.
I admire the work that Thorn does. Not only do they build tools to help law enforcement identify and rescue the children in images and videos, but they also develop programs to deter the potential consumers of CSAM (Child Sexual Abuse Material). It saddens me that deterrents are needed, but if an advertisement that says, “This is illegal … get help” prevents ANY participation in CSAM, I’m all for it.
Photographing for a purpose is making it so much easier for me to get up before the sun rises and brave the cold, the heat, or the long hikes, and share those images with you. I will be sharing proceeds from the sale of my 2023 Hummingbird Calendar to THORN.
Thank you so much for your support.
Visit https://www.thorn.org to get involved.
Sudhendu Kashikar