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Mar 26, 2013

"Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change." --Wayne W. Dyer

The One Thing They Carried With Them

"If you had to quickly flee both your home and country, what one possession would you make sure you take with you? It's a question that reveals a lot about your life and values, and, unfortunately, is one that many people around the world actually have to answer. NYC-based photographer Brian Sokol has been working on a project supported by the UN Refugee Agency titled "The Most Important Thing." It consists of portraits of refugees in which the subjects pose with the one thing they couldn't let go of when running away from home." This article features some of the most poignant and telling photographs from the project.