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Searching for Visual Peacemaking in Nepal
I began seeking images that tried to express my heart for this place, and while this did help me to create some stronger images, I found that when I showed them to people back in Canada, they would like the image but miss the story.
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Heber Vega Member Interview
We would like to introduce our new blog series showcasing interview responses and recent work from each of our standard and premium members. Our goal is to facilitate conversation among our members and help us connect as a community.
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IGVP PhotoBook
Today IGVP releases its first collaborative hardcover photo book, titled, Human Connections: portraits of our shared humanity. 31 Visual Peacemakers contributed 31 photographs curated by cultural and world photographer Jeffrey Chapman. Open these pages and… Transport to 31 locations. Take in 31 visual stories. Encounter 31 works of do-gooder photographers with hearts behind their lenses.
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Transcending Your Story Topic
I don't care about video games. But I do care about Indie Game The Movie.
Why? Because in powerfully told human stories, respect is born, compassion nurtured, & social distance reduced.
Documentaries
Documentary Film Project
The Turkey-based IGVP Staff is giving voice to 3 generations of Turkish people standing at the intersections of history & progress. The stories of a few represent a global shift we're all a part of...
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IGVP is now on Flikr
IGVP is moderating a public Flickr group, "Visual Peacemaking," which is open to all who create strong works of visual peace.
Contribute images & help us reach a wider photographic community with the message that there is a new way to do photography in a world dominated by cultural preconception and sensationalist narratives.
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Dignity in Portraits
In his gallery, JOE MURRAY shares with us images of men, women, and children in various everyday circumstances. Working well with the light and color available, Joe caught our attention as spectators and drew us into the unique story of each individual photographed.
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1 Path to Unlocking Your Potential
This one simple belief has protected me from discouragement and despair. It has fueled improvement in everything from my relationships to my photography.
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Perspectives on Poverty
Too frequently, a quest for funding uses dehumanizing images to draw pity, charity, and eventually donations from a largely unsuspecting public.
From Visual Peacemaker Duncan McNicholl of Engineers Without Borders.
Galleries
Matt Brandon’s gallery: Our Shared Humanity
Colorful images from around the world. They speak powerfully to us about the dignity and beauty intrinsic to every human being.
Photographs really can make differences if we will just stop and look for a moment to see what they are saying to us.
The International Guild of Visual Peacemakers (IGVP) was created to build bridges of peace across ethnic, cultural, and religious lines through visual communication that is both accountable to an ethical standard and created by those who authentically care about people. More »
IGVP Blog
Howard Zehr Member Interview
June 14, 2013
We interviewed members of the IGVP community in order to create conversation among the very people that…
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A Peace of my Mind: Jamal Hashi
June 07, 2013
Born in Somalia, Jamal Hashi was in elementary school when the war began. It sounded like thunder he…
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February Staff Pick Award
Join us in celebrating January's Staff Pick Award for Ben Hodson's gallery,…More
American Stories ROAD TRIP + Film
Over the past three years, more than 60,000 people have engaged with A Peace of My…More
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