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  • Title: Photojournalism and how I found my way home.
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  • Karen refugee Ta Ju (46) sits on a Bangkok-bound bus at the beginning of the journey that will take him to the United States. Before boarding the bus, Ta Ju said goodbye to his lifelong friend who is ineligible for relocation to the US.
  • Sher Paw (19, left) and Yan (22, right) pose with their six-month-old son Paw Shu in front of the Ju family's house at the Tham Hin camp. Ta Ju built the house in just three days when he and other displaced Karen from Burma were allowed to shelter in Thailand.
  • On arrival in Bangkok, Karen refugee, Ta Ju (47, right) receives his family's travel documents from a rep of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). With him are (R-L) his wife She She (45), daughter Sha Ehpaw (6), and sons Sher Nayklay (13), Sher Naytoo (17) and Sho Guai (9).
  • Ta Ju (centre left), his wife She She (centre right) and fellow Karen refugees file through Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport for their first ever flight en-route to relocate to the United States.
  • Yan (22), his wife Sher Paw (19) and their six-month-old son Paw Shu in front of their new apartment in Buffalo, New York.
  • Ta Ju (46) meets his young children Sha Ehpaw (5, centre), Sher Nayklay (13) and Sho Guai (8, out of frame) from the school bus.
  • She She (44) holds her two-day-old daughter Elizabeth in her room at Buffalo's Children's Hospital. She She was seven months pregnant when she made the journey with her husband Ta Ju (46) and four of her five children to relocate to the United States the previous November. A Karen friend suggested Elizabeth as an appropriate name for their first American-born child.
  • Sher Paw (19, left), her father Ta Ju (46, centre back) and husband Yan (22, right) walk in the aisles of supermarket. Most of the time walking the aisles was spent searching for items that they have been long familiar with, but can no longer find growing fresh. Of a twenty-pound turkey, Ta Ju said, "It would take us a whole week to eat it".
  • (L-R) Sher Paw (19) walks with her husband Yan (22), with their infant son Paw Shu in the stroller, and brother Sho Guai (8) leads the way between their apartment and that of their parents.
  • Sher Paw balances her six-month-old son Paw Shu aloft at Ta Ju's apartment. She She (seated right) cradles her newborn daughter Elizabeth. She She's daughter Sha Ehpaw sits at her side.
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  • Ta Ju (48) and She She (46) each cradle one of their infant twin sons, Mark and Matthew, at a Karen Christian ceremony to baptise the boys.
  • Sho Guai (10) sits on a large swing and plays a video game.
  • Sher Naytoo (18) plays football in the street outside his family's apartment.
  • Ta Ju (48) vacuums the living room carpet.
  • Sho Guai (10) practices breakdancing in the living room of his sister's apartment.
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  • Elizabeth (2) plays with Paw Shu, her 3-year-old nephew, in his living room.
  • She She (47, right) holds her son Mark (1) as Sher Paw, her 22-year-old daughter, dresses Matthew, Mark's twin brother. Sher Paw's son Paw Shu (3) plays in the pool and her youngest sister, Elizabeth (2), stands behind her.
  • Ta Ju (49) works at a hydroponic tomato greenhouse. He and other ethnic Karen working at the greenhouse were once farmers in Burma and are used to working in the hot weather.
  • Sher Naytoo (19) talks with local boys who are curious about his small motorcycle.
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  • Matthew (1) and Elizabeth Ju (2) sit in the spartan living room of their home. Both children were born in America.
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