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Anastassia Elias Creates Art With Toilet Paper Rolls to Raise Awareness about Sanitation

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Agra, India - depicted in a toilet roll by artist Anastassia Elias for WaterAid, to raise awareness of the 700 million people in towns and cities across the world living without decent toilets, on World Toilet Day 2016 Credit: WaterAid/ Thierry Bal

Mesmerizing Tiny Cityscapes Armed with just a pair of scissors, glue and tweezers, Paris-based artist, Anastassia Elias, 40, has created ten mesmerizing tiny cityscapes inside toilet paper rolls to raise awareness about sanitation. She reminds us of the 2.3 billion people – one in three of the world’s population – who do not have access to a safe, private toilet. From New … [Read more...]

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