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My Call to Humanitarian Photography

  I could not have imagined at the start of this year that my journey would take me from a hobby in travel photography to a career change as a humanitarian photographer. But as I travelled different...

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The World Is Not Without Color

More and more I see images published in black and white, and so I thought I’d join the crowd in this post as I share with you the story of the Lawrence House, a place of safety and care - a home - for...

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Classroom Champions

Entering Ms. Yenne’s combined 3rd and 4th grade classroom, I was immediately charged with the students’ overpowering enthusiasm and excitement - stopped in my tracks as if a power line had brushed my...

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Good Things Come in Small Packages

Mamba: Addressing Nutritional Deficiencies in Haiti. Pondering life's greatest challenges, it's easy to quickly become overwhelmed and feel that nothing one can do will make a difference. But I am...

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If You Were Given One Wish, What Would It Be?

For Jenna, a 15 year-old high school student with brain cancer, it was clear...she wanted to "Give Hope". Not only is Jenna special because she is the 4000th wish recipient for Make-A-Wish Colorado,...

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Who Cares for Jamia?

Can nursing care really make a meaningful, long-lasting difference in the lives of our youth? If young lives could be positively influenced, might this impact create a ripple effect to actually...

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Wishing...to recapture the joys of childhood

I welcome Amanda Ford, Communications Manager for Make-A-Wish® Colorado, as my guest blogger today. She shares with you the transformation in one family’s life when their daughter is granted her wish...

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Behind the Smiles

    Thailand is known as the “Land of Smiles”. Everywhere we travel, a simple greeting of “Sawatdeekah” brings a warm and open smile to the Thai people’s faces.     As we journey to the north of this...

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Life Saving Drops

It's an early Sunday morning in Jodhpur, India where I'm shooting for a personal project. I set out to photograph the textile merchants in the Old City, but as I walked confidently through what I...

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Pablove Shutterbugs: "My Heart Burst Wide Open!"

I had the privilege of becoming a Lead Teaching Artist in Denver with the Pablove Shutterbugs photography program. I got the chance to work with some remarkable, young “budding artists,” helping them...

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Her Name Is Grace

“There’s someone I want you to meet.” It’s my first afternoon in Kigali and Mussa, my local guide and fellow documentary photographer, hails a couple of scooters and we head to a nearby rural...

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My Call to Humanitarian Photography

  I could not have imagined at the start of this year that my journey would take me from a hobby in travel photography to a career change as a humanitarian photographer. But as I travelled different...

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The World Is Not Without Color

More and more I see images published in black and white, and so I thought I’d join the crowd in this post as I share with you the story of the Lawrence House, a place of safety and care - a home - for...

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Classroom Champions

Entering Ms. Yenne’s combined 3rd and 4th grade classroom, I was immediately charged with the students’ overpowering enthusiasm and excitement - stopped in my tracks as if a power line had brushed my...

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Good Things Come in Small Packages

Mamba: Addressing Nutritional Deficiencies in Haiti. Pondering life's greatest challenges, it's easy to quickly become overwhelmed and feel that nothing one can do will make a difference. But I am...

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If You Were Given One Wish, What Would It Be?

For Jenna, a 15 year-old high school student with brain cancer, it was clear...she wanted to "Give Hope". Not only is Jenna special because she is the 4000th wish recipient for Make-A-Wish Colorado,...

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Who Cares for Jamia?

Can nursing care really make a meaningful, long-lasting difference in the lives of our youth? If young lives could be positively influenced, might this impact create a ripple effect to actually...

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Wishing...to recapture the joys of childhood

I welcome Amanda Ford, Communications Manager for Make-A-Wish® Colorado, as my guest blogger today. She shares with you the transformation in one family’s life when their daughter is granted her wish...

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Behind the Smiles

    Thailand is known as the “Land of Smiles”. Everywhere we travel, a simple greeting of “Sawatdeekah” brings a warm and open smile to the Thai people’s faces.     As we journey to the north of this...

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Life Saving Drops

It's an early Sunday morning in Jodhpur, India where I'm shooting for a personal project. I set out to photograph the textile merchants in the Old City, but as I walked confidently through what I...

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