Modern slavery thrives in the invisible.
We make it visible.

We bring Lisa Kristine’s photographs of modern slavery into every sector that can end it: governments, companies, international institutions, and classrooms.

Modern slavery thrives in the invisible.
We make it visible.

We bring Lisa Kristine’s photographs of modern slavery into every sector that can end it: governments, companies, international institutions, and classrooms.

We have worked with

Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Global Commission on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
eLiberare
Free the Slaves
International Labour Organization
Bhutan Youth Development Fund

Modern slavery happens in every country.
It’s in the supply chains of the products we use every day.

50M

Modern slavery

people live in modern slavery

28M

Forced labor

people are in forced labor

86%

Private economy

of forced labor occurs in the private economy

Source: ILO, Walk Free, and IOM, Global Estimates of Modern Slavery (2022)

What we do

We bring human evidence to these statistics, because behind every number is a person with a name, hopes, and a story.

Lisa Kristine’s photographs show the humanity of people in modern slavery: their dignity, their strength, and their stories. We take them into every sector that can end it.

“To see a human being is to be changed.”

Lisa Kristine, Founder

Where we bring it

Every sector that can end it.

Exhibition at the Romanian Parliament

01 · Institutions and organizations

Human evidence where policy is made

Exhibitions in parliaments, at the United Nations, and at the Vatican, so the people making policy see who it affects.

Lisa Kristine at an HPE studio

02 · Companies

Human evidence in the supply chain

Forced labor hides in supply chains. We bring the images into leadership, employee, and supplier conversations.

Lisa Kristine speaking

03 · Classrooms and the public

Human evidence for the next generation

Lisa’s talks, from TED to university classrooms, plus student sessions and public exhibitions.

Exhibitions

Where we have brought the human evidence

  • Coming soon

    November 2026

    The Invisible Price

    The Human Thread Foundation’s new exhibition on modern slavery, forced labor, and sexual exploitation.

    NOV 3 - 5 | European Parliament NOV 5 - DEC 20 | Géopolis Museum

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May 2026

Giving List Women Summit

Lisa spoke on the panel “The Challenges of Modern Day Slavery and Sexual Exploitation” with Rachel Foster (World Without Exploitation) and Felicia Knaul (UCLA).

January 2026

Davos, Switzerland

World Economic Forum 2026

For the third year, our photographs were in Davos. A billboard of a child working in a mica mine stood on the Promenade, where nearly 30,000 leaders walk each day. Lisa also spoke at a session hosted by Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

November 2025

New York, United States

UN General Assembly side event

At a side event to the UN General Assembly's high-level meeting on the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons, Lisa gave the keynote. Co-organized with eLiberare, the Permanent Missions of Romania and Sweden, Equality Now, and Atlas Free.

November 2025

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Board

With our board member Ann Ewasechko, Lisa addressed HPE’s Board on forced labor in the technology supply chain.

October 2025

Bucharest, Romania

Romanian Parliament

For EU Anti-Trafficking Day, Lisa opened a photography exhibition, addressed a parliamentary session, and gave the keynote. Guests of eLiberare, with the Romanian Parliament's joint committee against trafficking.

The film · In production

A film that asks us to question “us” and “them.”

Muse Storytelling is making a documentary about Lisa’s three decades of photographing forced labor and human trafficking around the world.

“When people look into the eyes of another human being, the numbers become real.”

Lisa Kristine, World Economic Forum

 

Get involved

Where do you fit in?

Individuals

Donate to help bring the photographs to more places.

Foundations

Fund a project, from new photography to a touring exhibition.

Companies

Like HPE, bring the photographs into your leadership and supply chain conversations.

Institutions and organizations

Host an exhibition at your parliament, ministry, or policy event.

There are places we haven’t reached yet.
You can help us get there.

There are places we haven’t reached yet.
You can help us get there.