Joel Meyerowitz, Award-Winning Photographer
“Legacy: The Preservation of Wilderness in New York City Parks”
Joel Meyerowitz is an award-winning photographer whose work has appeared in over 350 exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world. He was born in New York in 1938. He began photographing in 1962. He is a “street photographer” in the tradition of Henri Cartier-Bresson and [...]
“Photography Helps Children in Sierra Leone Realize their Right to Self-Expression”
© UNICEF Sierra Leone/2009/Davies
(Above) Fatmata Shaw, 13, is one of the beneficiaries of the UNICEF-supported Children’s Forum Network photography workshop in Sierra Leone. Children pose during the photography workshop in Sierra Leone.
By Issa Davies
In the run-up to 20 November 2009, the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, UNICEF is featuring [...]
Entre Nos: An Interview with Directors, Paola Mendoza & Gloria La Morte
Photos Courtesy of Paola Mendoza & Gloria La Morte
About the Film
In Entre Nos, adoring mother Mariana has toted her two children from Colombia to New York City to indulge her husband’s whim. But when he abruptly abandons the family, she’ll have to rely on her own imagination and courage – and that of her remarkable [...]
Haiti: Doctors Without Borders In Haiti (Find Out How to Help)
From Doctors Without Borders
“Haiti: MSF Treats More Than 1,000 Patients; Inflatable Hospital on the Way”
January 14, 2010
“Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical teams in Port-au-Prince are treating large numbers of people who suffered fractures, head injuries and other major trauma during and after the January 12 earthquake.” Visit the Doctors Without Borders Website to [...]
The Witness
“The Witness” Photo & Essay by Dora Leticia ©
The holidays have come and gone now, and, with them an onslaught of memories dating back to my childhood and early teens come knock some dust off the memory shutters just for kicks.
They are not memories of mistle toe and christmas carols that pay the visit. [...]