Annya's parents lived in a town so contaminated by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster that it was destroyed and buried. When she was four, Annya was diagnosed with a brain tumour, probably as result of fallout from Chernobyl, and carries certificate no. 000358. It reads: “This person has the right to the privileges that are given by the government of the Republic of Belarus for the victims of the Chernobyl catastrophe as specified under article 18/ issued by the Gomel Municipality”. Photographer Robert Knoth visited Annya in Belarus in 2005 and returned in 2011.