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Documenting a cause

Documenting a cause

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Documenting a cause

- Some projects are born from a passion you might have for a cause and for me, one of those projects was inspired by a visit, an assignment that I had. My first trip to Africa, I went to Zambia for a nonprofit organization to deal with and photograph a story on the HIV/AIDS situation there. And you know, it had kind of a profound impact on me. I think that photography is still a very powerful way to get a message across to people because you know, people are busy in their lives but everyone has time to look at a still photo and a strong still photo has the power to get your attention and you know make you sort of look a little deeper into something that you find compelling. So I actually went Because I had done some coverage in Africa on this cause, I went back and I continued to work and as a result my book Heroines & Heroes was born. You know, when you take on a project like this, because you end up spending so much time, you certainly dig a lot deeper than what you first thought…

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