Oskar Barnack Award, Individual awards
Christopher Steele-Perkins
Magnum Photos
Magnum Photos
01 January, 1987
Victims of Thalidomide (Softenon) have learnt to live with their disability. In the 1960s Thalidomide was given as a 'wonder drug' to many pregnant British women, subsequently their children were born seriously disabled.
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