"This glimpse into the private lives of Jon and Alex, a gay couple from Russia, was captured by Danish photographer Mads Nissen and received the prestigious World Press Photo Award in 2015. But while the world was admiring Nissen's work, life for Jon and Alex was only getting tougher."
In the western world, we've pretty much won the fight to be free to be who we are, but for many of our brothers and sisters around the world, this is but a dream. The fight for freedom is far from over, hear the story of this couple here: BBC "The Photo Russia Didn't Want You To See" (YouTube)
"Fear Eats the Soul"
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