This video is one of my favorites, these striking and amazingly beautiful pictures of people around the world. I have ambitions for furthering this video series with personal interviews and travel, but for now I dabble here and there as time allows as I have outside work and children at home. The next best thing is travelling vicariously through the wonderful images from photographers to select photos for the video series.
Part of the process includes obtaining permission for usage, and along the way I have made many 'social network friends', mostly through the photography website Flickr.
Hours go by quickly browsing through all of these Incredible images from around the world, taken by brilliantly talented photographers. Many of these people are not only talented with the camera but tend to be curious, open-minded, adventurous, compassionate, encouraging, and all around life-lovers. I've contacted over a hundred of these photographers for the video series, and along the way I've become friends with some of them, learned from many of them, and have been inspired by all of them.
So for this post I wanted to share about some of the contributing photographers to the Humanity Project Video Series (I'm sure I will have to do at least a second edition posting as there are so many wonderful contributors and counting). :
One of the photographers who always comes to mind first is Gregory Smith. He founded CARF (Children at Risk Foundation), first in Norway and then in Brazil. He has essentially dedicated his life to street children. Mr. Smith granted usage of a photo that I used in the video "Eat Pray Love Humanity".
The photo was of a Brazilian boy resting his head next to his dinner plate with a dreamy look on his face. Mr. Smith suggested an additional photo of the same boy displaying a peace sign with his fingers. As I learned about the boy in the picture my heart was captivated. His name was Roney. The dinner shot was taken when Mr. Smith took Roney in from the streets and served him a meal, after a few bites Roney rested his head on the table with that dreamy look. Roney and his brother Claudinet came to the Hummingbird Center (run by CARF). After time, Roney and Claudinet began alternating between the streets and the center. Shockingly, I learned that this little boy whose picture I chose to use in a cultural video, was brutally murdered on the streets, and months later his brother Claudinet died in a road/vehicle incident.
Brutality in many forms is a part of the lives for these children on the streets of Brasil, but the Hummingbird Center has seen many success and community growth (though they are always in need of more help).
I also became a social network friend of one of the kids from the Hummingbird Center. His name is Gerson and he is a member of a dance group called Afrobreak that was started at the center.
There are more stories behind the photographers to come. Click here to see more of Gregory Smith's photos of the children of Brazil and stories to go with.
Part of the process includes obtaining permission for usage, and along the way I have made many 'social network friends', mostly through the photography website Flickr.
Hours go by quickly browsing through all of these Incredible images from around the world, taken by brilliantly talented photographers. Many of these people are not only talented with the camera but tend to be curious, open-minded, adventurous, compassionate, encouraging, and all around life-lovers. I've contacted over a hundred of these photographers for the video series, and along the way I've become friends with some of them, learned from many of them, and have been inspired by all of them.
So for this post I wanted to share about some of the contributing photographers to the Humanity Project Video Series (I'm sure I will have to do at least a second edition posting as there are so many wonderful contributors and counting). :
One of the photographers who always comes to mind first is Gregory Smith. He founded CARF (Children at Risk Foundation), first in Norway and then in Brazil. He has essentially dedicated his life to street children. Mr. Smith granted usage of a photo that I used in the video "Eat Pray Love Humanity".
The photo was of a Brazilian boy resting his head next to his dinner plate with a dreamy look on his face. Mr. Smith suggested an additional photo of the same boy displaying a peace sign with his fingers. As I learned about the boy in the picture my heart was captivated. His name was Roney. The dinner shot was taken when Mr. Smith took Roney in from the streets and served him a meal, after a few bites Roney rested his head on the table with that dreamy look. Roney and his brother Claudinet came to the Hummingbird Center (run by CARF). After time, Roney and Claudinet began alternating between the streets and the center. Shockingly, I learned that this little boy whose picture I chose to use in a cultural video, was brutally murdered on the streets, and months later his brother Claudinet died in a road/vehicle incident.
Brutality in many forms is a part of the lives for these children on the streets of Brasil, but the Hummingbird Center has seen many success and community growth (though they are always in need of more help).
I also became a social network friend of one of the kids from the Hummingbird Center. His name is Gerson and he is a member of a dance group called Afrobreak that was started at the center.
There are more stories behind the photographers to come. Click here to see more of Gregory Smith's photos of the children of Brazil and stories to go with.
