![Postcard set for the Oxfam After the thaw photography exhibition](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7f2c47a8-1a2d-41e1-9379-f30eea1647e2/0/0/0/0,0,1800,1200,900,1200/0-0-0/cc55b9fb-612a-43ae-9d52-3ba6f28fc110/1/1/LauraYates_Oxfam_After_the_thaw1.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040701675~hmac=c1ea96a5564739925fc30219645d1e9c89dc6b958654da9cc235fae6ce502e19)
The Oxfam photography exhibition, After the thaw, marked 20 years of independence in the former Soviet Union with an insight into the lives of communities from Armenia to Azerbaijan striving to build a better future.
Oxfam wanted to produce a catalogue on a limited budget, so I proposed and designed two sets of postcards, held together with blind de-bossed belly bands that I made myself.
![Postcard set for the Oxfam After the thaw photography exhibition](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7f2c47a8-1a2d-41e1-9379-f30eea1647e2/0/0/0/0,0,1800,1200,900,1200/0-0-0/d9976f4a-57d4-4709-b54e-b44ecbafa81a/1/1/LauraYates_Oxfam_After_the_thaw2.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040701675~hmac=c1ea96a5564739925fc30219645d1e9c89dc6b958654da9cc235fae6ce502e19)
![Postcard set for the Oxfam After the thaw photography exhibition](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7f2c47a8-1a2d-41e1-9379-f30eea1647e2/0/0/0/0,0,1800,1200,900,1200/0-0-0/3ee667d6-d655-4e32-9c1a-96ca2debfa08/1/1/LauraYates_Oxfam_After_the_thaw3.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040701675~hmac=c1ea96a5564739925fc30219645d1e9c89dc6b958654da9cc235fae6ce502e19)