Books published by Trolley Books

A Purple Heart is the honour given toa US soldier for their wounds as theyreturn from war. Accompanying theimages are first person interviewswith the soldiers as they discuss whythey enlisted and their experiencesin Iraq, as well as their lives now andthe prospect of living as disabledveterans.

Hide That Can brings together images taken over four years at Arlington House, Camden, a hostel which primarily accommodates male Irish emigrants. Most of them are alcoholic. Often sad, interspersed with lighter touches of humour, the book is a record of lives that function without families, jobs or prospects, yet are still portrayed with a sense of dignity amid the depression.>A picture of Arlington House in the past can be found in George Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London. It is not pleasant. Now the photographer Deidre O'Callaghan has brought together four year's work at the refuge, her record of the despair, humour and hope on the faces of the residents, a remarkable gallery of a largely expatriate community at odds with the world outside. But her pictures also record the work of the hostel itself in trying to reintegrate the residents into that world, photographs of clarity and wonder taken during trips to Ireland for the inmates. Some have lived at Arlington House for 30 years; many have not seen their families for as long. Her pictures of these reunions with their kin and their country are remarkable.

Alixandra Fazzina followed the desperate exodus of Somalis fleeingviolence in their country, plagued by a ferocious civil war now in itsseventeenth year. In a country with the longest coast line in Africa andhemmed in by conflict, one of the only means of escape is by sea.? Capturing their voyage from both sides of the water, she hasfollowed the established smuggling routes from southern Somalia tothe migrants? subsequent fate as they arrive in Yemen and continuetheir onward journey in search of a better life.? Life in this volatile region is so cheap that people are willing to riskeverything for just $50- or one million Somali Shillings.? Risking rape, robbery, murder or drowning at the hands of themilitia and people traffickers, the refugees have just a one in twentychance of arriving on the shores of Yemen alive.? Despite the risks, tens of thousands of Somalis take their chances,rather than stare death in the face at home.Alixandra first studied Fine Art at Bristol University, then became awar artist with the Ministry of Defence. As a freelance photographershe has been working for the past seven years in Africa and theMiddle East, working closely with the UNHCR. She won the 2008 VicOdden award from the Royal Photographic Society, and was a finalistat the 2008 CARE award for humanitarian photography.