“World of little heroes” is a Dutch project by the internationally working photographer Michel Szulc-Krzyzanowski who is now based in Spain. It is his third project in a continuing series. The first one was “World of Love” where he documented how four families, in Bolivia, Senegal, Bangladesh and the Netherlands loved and cared for one another. The second project was “World of Energy” where he went to twenty different locations around the world photographing how twenty families were producing a particular kind of energy and consuming it. The third project, “World of Little Heroes”, is about Samantha and Hasina, two 9 year olds who are physically disabled. Samantha lives in Canada and Hasina lives in Bangladesh. Identical situations and events in the lives of Samantha and Hasina are presented in one image consisting of two pictures showing the similarities and differences in their lives.

“World of little heroes” creates awareness not only about circumstances of living for a disabled girl but also talks about the quality of their lives as a result of the social environment.

Michel Szulc-Krzyzanowski wishes to express his gratitude to Hasina and Samantha and their families, Ibadad van Rijckevorsel, Rauf, Shahidul Alam, Robert Delpire, Mia + Terry Pidsadny, Pilar Iniesta, Daniel Gluckmann, Caroline Bouchard, Baudoin Lebon, Sunny and Monique de Groot of the Embassy of the Netherlands.