'I dyed my hair red, thinking the Bibas family would return before it faded. They didn't'

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Ran Melamed started documenting the Mishmeret 101 protest group after six hostages were murdered in a Gaza tunnel last year. 'It's important the hostages know we haven't given up on them,' he says

Ran Melamed has spent much of the past year on the streets. Armed with a camera, a walking stick and a broad-brimmed hat full of pins supporting the release of the hostages, he photographs the protests for their release in Jerusalem every day. No demonstration is complete without him.