Debbie Todd's photographs of children who have had or are waiting for an organ transplant.
Phoebe, two, from Wigan, is one of 17 children pictured with a phone to depict the life-saving call they are waiting for
A photographer is exhibiting images of children waiting for transplants, with the aim of encouraging people to talk about organ donation. Debbie Todd met and photographed 17 children in need of life-saving operations, but said others died before she could get to meet them.Ms Todd, from near Consett in County Durham, said it was a "taboo" subject but people shouldn't be afraid to discuss it., a two-year-old from Burnopfield, County Durham, who needed a new heart.
Each child is pictured with a red phone to denote the potentially life-saving call they are either waiting for or eventually got.Debbie Todd learned about child organ donation after meeting the family of Beatrix She held a short exhibition as part of her masters degree in photography with the Northern School of Art and her pictures are now being used as a campaign by Red Sky Foundation, a Sunderland-based charity that supports children with heart problems.
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