Elissa Bogos, Photographer and Journalist

Russia: House of Grace and Hope

Peter and Tracy hug Galia, the daughter of two orphaned teenagers who previously lived at the House of Grace and Hope, as Valia looks at her new hair color in the mirror and Katya admires a piece of jewelery. Katya, who is studying to be a hairdresser, has been living with the Harrisons for several years. She was placed in an orphanage after witnessing her mother kill her father. Recently, Katya testified against her mother in her third murder trial. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 2009.
Peter and Tracy hug Galia, the daughter of two orphaned teenagers who previously lived at the House of Grace and Hope, as Valia looks at her new hair color in the mirror and Katya admires a piece of jewelery. Katya, who is studying to be a hairdresser, has been living with the Harrisons for several years. She was placed in an orphanage after witnessing her mother kill her father. Recently, Katya testified against her mother in her third murder trial. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 2009.