Archive for the ‘Photojournalism’ Category
The Hope Moment
Every photographer wants people to see their photos. In addition to this I hope that people will see my photos and feel an inspired compassion. So it’s very well a dream come true to exhibit my photos during World Vision’s Ottawa Campaign for Children. If you are in the Ottawa area please join us this Thursday July 30th from 6pm-9pm at the Market Media Mall (the “A” Channel building) for an exhibition entitled The Hope Moment. You’ll see 19 of my photos from Ethiopia, South Africa, Brazil and El Salvador.
Above you’ll see the invitation and an article that appeared in today’s 24 Hours (the Ottawa addition) about the exhibit. You can click on them to see them larger. You can also find the Facebook invite here.
Also! If you are in the Ottawa area I will be on “A” Morning at 9:40 am on Thursday.
A Thousand Stories
An exciting part of having a new site is that I get to share whole bodies of previously unseen work with you . I’ve been working on putting up galleries for my trips with World Vision. I shot thousands upon thousands of photos in Ethiopia, South Africa, Brazil and El Salvador . As you can imagine it is quite a task to sort through. The images above are a small preview of what’s to come from the Ethiopia gallery in the next few days. Nicolette and I were there gathering stories about female genital mutilation. The gallery focuses on the stories of women and girls as they cope with the harmful traditional practice. It was quite an experience to get to know these women, to be trusted with their stories and to help them have an international voice.
Some love from the “A” Channel
This morning my new friend Kurt Stoodley called into his Ottawa morning show on the “A” Channel from here in El Salvador. While he reported on our trip, a selection of photos that I’ve taken so far aired as the visuals! I’m pretty excited to see the clip.
Landed and Safe
Cab ride blessings.
Yesterday a cab driver named Emmanuel drove me to the Norman Felix Gallery with my Kenya prints. We talked about how his brother was living in Nairobi and “Had I ever been there?” “Yes!” I replied enthusiastically telling him about my visit to the Canadian consulate and my misadventures on the bus ride over. He told me that his family was from Ethiopia, and when I told him that I had been there also the conversation really took off. We talked buna ta ta, injera, Abyesha, Addis Ababa, and the eventually the Full Gospel church. We discovered that his family attended the same church as my friends in Addis.
When he dropped me off he blessed me, and it made me feel nostalgic and hopeful. The experience inspired me to revisit my Ethiopia photos and I found this one. The man pictured is an Orthodox priest in Abote district. I photographed him right before dinner as the sun was setting.
From that famous walk home,
While in Kenya we would walk the same route everyday. To the Nakumat, to the orphanage, back to our house, back to the orphanage. I’d often (almost always) have my camera slung around my shoulder. These photos were shot along the way.
Tear Sheets from TV Week Magazine
Mi-Jung was kind of enough to send me her copy of TV Week Magazine. Last month my photos of Mi-Jung and the children were featured as a cover story in the Vancouver based publication. The article is about our trip with World Vision to Brazil and the Vancouver Campaign for Children. It is really great to see my photos used to tell the stories of these amazing kids.
