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August 31, 2008

Field fire, Stanger side, the port and good night.

Field fire near Durban on Friday night.

Field visit to a village near Stanger on Saturday morning.

Visit to the Port in Durban this evening (Sunday- day off)

Good night!

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South Africa so far.

Today was my 4th day in South Africa.  It has been a wild ride out here, each day I am learning and photographing from first light until driving back to the hotel at night.  Happily, I have internet so I can show you a few photos.  This first one is from a series of photos we’re doing about  food security, and the second from a football game I photographed on top of a mountain. 

Kenya 2008

I am currently in Africa with TCP (see post below). My blogging for the next month will take place on our team blog which you can find here

Above you can see a photo of 8 month old (although born pre-mature) twins. Clare & Clarette.

And the story continues,

, originally uploaded by a*e.

Even though I went to Ethiopia for World Vision’s magazine Childview a year ago, I am constantly amazed at how relevant the trip has been to my life on a daily basis. Everyday I think about the communities I encountered, the stories I learnt, and the girls I had a chance to get to know. To many aid workers I encountered, hope was and continues to be a lifestyle. I was awestruck to see the incredible impact World Vision had in the communities from food security to maternal health to AIDS awareness and education.

The article called Scarred by Tradition was about Female Genital Mutilation. Recently I was pleased to learn that designer Carol Moskot and I won Canadian Church Press awards. First place for Feature Layout and Design (Magazine), and Second place for Colour Photo Spread (Magazine).

Above you’ll see two photos from the spread. You can also check out the original article in Child View written by Nicolette Beharie here (pages 16-21)

World Vision Maternal Health Gallery

between talks, originally uploaded by a*e.

A few people have asked where they can see more of the photographs I shot while in Ethiopia. World Vision has put a few more of the up on their site in a gallery about Maternal Health:

Check it out here

Fashion Week

Behind the scenes of Lucian Matis’ premiere spring launch.

Like Sunshine,

This is one of the first photos that i took in the Dominican Republic. i had just turned 19, and it was my first time overseas. There were a number of children displaced from their homes in Hati and were living without parents in Bateys near the border. I was there to help build a kitchen in a church where the children were being fed. I have vivid memories of playing baseball with them, of riding in the backs of trucks down steep mountain sides, of spending New Year’s Eve on the beach, of floating in cool water under the stars, of feeling helpless, of feeling hope. I ended up taking 17 rolls of film on my Canon Rebel EOS X. It was my first time truly exploring life through the lens. Every time I think back to this time, I think about how lucky I am to have discovered photography in this way.

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