Photographer Tom Bradley has been documenting the lives of those living with leprosy.
Khokana is a 150-year-old state-funded leprosy colony. Home to 170 leprosy-affected people, it lies nestled among the paddy fields, half an hour from Nepal’s bustling capital, Kathmandu.
Ignorance and stigma still shroud this disease, which is curable and has no lasting effects if treated in its early stages. Left untreated, however, the nerve damage can result in severe disability, as well as the rejection of sufferers by their families and communities.
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