Photo exhibit depicts pain, dignity of Filipino comfort women

A local photographer said Saturday that he hopes an exhibition of his photos of Filipino women who were victims of the Japanese wartime sexual slavery will keep the issue alive despite neglect by the Japanese and Philippine governments.Titled "Huling Habilin ni Lola" (Grandma's Last Request), 26-year-old photographer Richard Dy framed and displayed 28 photos of at least 10 women, some of whom have already died, who claimed to have been sexually abused by Japanese soldiers during the occupation period in the 1940s."I think the biggest achievement is showing these photographs because these ph…READ FULL ARTICLE