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Have you heard of the ShootQ yearly grant for photographers? It’s a $12,000 grant given to a photographer to fund a project that raises public awareness about an important social, environmental or economic issue. I applied. Can you guess the topic of my application? Sure you can. Sex trafficking of young girls in Atlanta (and [...]
I have two completely different reasons for shooting this image tonight. First, I was thinking about my birthday (yay!) and a happy lollipop seemed an appropriate celebratory image for the upcoming day. Second, the lollipop itself was a prop in the FISH radio station and Street Grace organization video my husband created this past week. [...]
Yesterday my hubby was shooting a very unique video. The organization Street Grace helps raise awareness of child sex trafficking in the Atlanta area (I’ve mentioned them before). They have a booth at this year’s “Celebrate Freedom” free concert held by the local Christian radio station, The FISH. Over 45,000 people will be there including [...]
Today was the big day… the Street Grace citywide event and the premiere of the Teen Identity “Take Action” video PSA. The video itself is compelling and gets to me every time I watch it. But, watching it on 3 huge screens tonight was a surreal experience… those are my girls and my images. What [...]
Stats are plastered on the white figures of young girls and boys cut out of foam board. The truth is harsh, the statistics hard to read, the reality cruel. No one wants to look at it, but a group of young people are becoming the victims in a drama for just one night… to feel, [...]
Not unlike homeless youth, young girls caught in sex trafficking often feel invisible. According to many laws, it’s considered a victimless crime. Twelve year old girls being arrested for prostitution and treated as criminals is an outrage. If they could ask us all a question, I think it’d be this… For some, they may want [...]
Many girls grow up with a deathly fear of the dark… for some it’s legitimate fears of what happens in the night, for others it’s fear of the unknown… For girls on the street, it’s a fear they may never overcome. Coupled with that fear is a pervading sense of loneliness and isolation. Intimate friendships [...]
You know about the crazy life of a creative, but do you know about the solitude? Do you live a life of solitude by choice or by design? Does your art require or dictate the way you interact and live in the world? As I’ve been watching documentaries of master photographers from the past and [...]
Injustice is an attack on God’s children. If we do nothing, we stand with the oppressor. Two months ago, we rallied around Street Grace to donate $100 to this organization fighting sex trafficking and child exploitation in the metro Atlanta area. Thank you to those of you who participated and helped us make it happen. [...]
I’m a little slow sometimes. Why is it that I always seem to forget this basic principle of life, that every mountain top experience is followed by a valley. Those valleys are directly proportionate to the height of the mountain top. Maybe it’s kind of like Flash Forward (if you’re watching that show), people try [...]
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