Ana Palacios

The author immerses herself in the reality of the new Ugandan boys and girls and captures their nightmares and their dreams through photography, thus giving them the chance to convey the change they have undergone once they summoned the courage to take the reins of their own lives. The approach is based on "In Movement: Art for Social Change", an NGO which uses dance, theatre, music, the fine arts, creative writing and the circus arts to create a life space of personal reaffirmation and social integration for Ugandan youths. There they can practice and display their art and receive applause from an audience, the best reaffirmation therapy possible.

Ana Palacios is a journalist and photographer. She studied Information Sciences in Pamplona and later Cinema and Photography in Los Angeles, where she lived for several years. Born in Zaragoza, she currently lives in Madrid. She has worked as a journalist in the news programmes on Antena 3 Televisión, she has directed press offices and she has been a film production coordinator for ten years, primarily in international co-productions. She has worked with directors like Ridley Scott, Milos Forman, Tony Kaye Michael Radford, Jim Jarmusch and Roman Polanski..