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Collaborative ideas & projects

IGVP PhotoBook

by Joshua Smith on November 26, 2012

 

Q&A from the creators of “Dance the Past Into the Future”

by Mel Rowe Smith on August 30, 2012

 

“Lives on the Line” - A call for collaboration

by Special Guest on July 31, 2012

 

Community Connections

by Mario Mattei on March 25, 2011

 

Want to publish with IGVP? NEW Photo Book

by Mario Mattei on February 24, 2011

 

Now We’re Onto Something - Collaborative Projects #4

by Mario Mattei on November 22, 2010

 

Now We’re Onto Something - Collaborative Projects #3

by Mario Mattei on November 19, 2010

 

Now We’re Onto Something - Collaborative Projects #2

by Mario Mattei on November 15, 2010

 

Now We’re Onto Something - Collaborative Projects #1

by Mario Mattei on November 12, 2010

 

General

Reflections on following one’s passion: My first 15 months in humanitarian photography

by Special Guest on February 02, 2012

 

Advice from a Nobel Peace Prize Winner

by Howard Zehr on November 17, 2011

 

Reflections on 30 Days of Forgiveness

by Special Guest on September 09, 2011

 

IGVP’s 1 Year Anniversary

by Mario Mattei on August 16, 2011

 

First blog post, Welcome!

by Mario Mattei on August 17, 2010

 

Airing out clean laundy

by Mario Mattei on August 17, 2010

 

Improve your vision

The "Improve your vision" category is about the visual artist's perspective, mindset, and inspiration. Vision is about our way of seeing, and communicating visually. Vision is often the "why" behind our creative production.

How Do You Give Vision Legs?

by Mel Rowe Smith on August 14, 2012

 

6 Lessons from David’s Latest Photo Story

by Special Guest on April 24, 2012

 

Intentional Seeing

by Mario Mattei on April 20, 2012

 

1 Path to Unlocking Your Potential

by Mario Mattei on April 04, 2012

 

Ami Vitale judges PhotoPhilanthropy Activist Awards

by Joshua Smith on February 28, 2012

 

Prophecy for 2012

by Mario Mattei on December 31, 2011

 

Influence Through Story

by Mario Mattei on December 27, 2011

 

Photographing Women in a Muslim Country

by Heber Vega on December 06, 2011

 

Focus Your Life, Then Your Lens

by Mario Mattei on November 05, 2011

 

1 Camera, 2 Worlds

by Mario Mattei on October 28, 2011

 

Staged Photographs, Visual Peace, & Conflict photography

by Joshua Smith on October 12, 2011

 

Are You a Wanna-be?

by Mario Mattei on September 27, 2011

 

The Story behind Little Town of Bethlehem

by Joshua Smith on September 22, 2011

 

How to get inspired

by Mario Mattei on September 16, 2011

 

Tips on How to Manage Your Day Job & Your Creative Passion

by Special Guest on August 26, 2011

 

The Wall VS. The Photographer

by Mario Mattei on August 12, 2011

 

Where I Failed

by Special Guest on July 29, 2011

 

David duChemin “speaks photographically” about an image

by David duChemin on July 22, 2011

 

Interview with David duChemin

by David duChemin on July 15, 2011

 

Feeling Distant from your Subjects?

by Mario Mattei on July 01, 2011

 

Question the Questions

by Mario Mattei on June 18, 2011

 

Photographs that Provoke Reflection

by Mario Mattei on March 18, 2011

 

A Simple Process for Growth

by Mario Mattei on January 19, 2011

 

Working with Models cross-culturally

by Special Guest on January 14, 2011

 

Paid or not, Photograph what you love!

by Mario Mattei on December 15, 2010

 

Approaching People for Portraits

by Mario Mattei on December 03, 2010

 

Make Compelling Documentaries

by Mario Mattei on November 05, 2010

 

What is success? What is a compelling story?

by Mario Mattei on November 03, 2010

 

What’s Stopping You?

by Mario Mattei on October 29, 2010

 

Things that Never Change

by Mario Mattei on October 14, 2010

 

Do you shoot what you LOVE or HATE?

by Matt Powell on October 12, 2010

 

Mario’s Moleskin notes

by Mario Mattei on September 14, 2010

 

One Good Reason to ask Why

by Mario Mattei on September 11, 2010

 

The Vision Muscle: can it grow?

by Mario Mattei on August 20, 2010

 

Interviews

Howard Zehr Member Interview

by Courtney Huron on June 14, 2013

 

Scott Bennett Member Interview

by Courtney Huron on May 22, 2013

 

Cheri Magarrell Member Interview

by Courtney Huron on May 07, 2013

 

Laura Cook Member Interview

by Courtney Huron on April 01, 2013

 

Heber Vega Member Interview

by Courtney Huron on February 25, 2013

 

Resources

One-Day MediaStorm Workshop

by Courtney Huron on March 20, 2013

 

Visual Peacemaking

The "Visual Peacemaking" category is about the effort to advance Visual Peace. It's about how we do this together and as individuals. Here we'll explore the need for it, work to identify the issues, and highlight both challenges and successes.

A Peace of my Mind: Jamal Hashi

by John Noltner on June 07, 2013

 

A Christian Immigrant Without Papers: Ricardo’s Story

by Mario Mattei on May 27, 2013

 

A Peace of my Mind: Rabbi Amy Eilberg

by John Noltner on May 16, 2013

 

A Peace of my Mind: Eric Gibson

by John Noltner on May 02, 2013

 

A Peace of my Mind: Hudlin Wagner

by John Noltner on April 18, 2013

 

Nepali Peacemaker Profile - Krishna Gurung

by Kyle Burris on April 16, 2013

 

A Peace of my Mind: Mark Williams

by John Noltner on April 05, 2013

 

Searching for Visual Peacemaking in Nepal

by Kyle Burris on April 01, 2013

 

A Peace of my Mind: Morgan Murphy

by John Noltner on March 21, 2013

 

A Peace of my Mind: Jeff Blodgett

by John Noltner on March 07, 2013

 

A Peace of my Mind: Melvin Carter, Jr.

by John Noltner on February 21, 2013

 

A Peace of my Mind: Jennifer McNally

by John Noltner on February 07, 2013

 

Transcending Your Story Topic

by Mario Mattei on November 02, 2012

 

Voices and Faces of Cairo

by Joshua Smith on September 20, 2012

 

A Peace of my Mind: Gopal Khanna

by John Noltner on September 05, 2012

 

A Peace of my Mind: Marge Sullivan

by John Noltner on August 22, 2012

 

Visual Peacemaking Documentary Film Project

by Mario Mattei on July 19, 2012

 

Project Prompter #6 - Laughter

by John Machado on June 01, 2012

 

A Peace of my Mind: Odeh Muhawesh

by John Noltner on May 08, 2012

 

Project Prompter #5 - Touch

by John Machado on May 01, 2012

 

A Peace of my Mind: Fred and Judy Baron

by John Noltner on April 27, 2012

 

A Peace of My Mind: Hans Early-Nelson

by John Noltner on April 09, 2012

 

Project Prompter #4 - Traditions & Customs

by John Machado on April 06, 2012

 

A Peace of My Mind: Kimberly Lueck

by John Noltner on March 22, 2012

 

A Peace of My Mind: David A. De Lampert, Jr.

by John Noltner on March 09, 2012

 

Project Prompter #3 - Food

by John Machado on March 01, 2012

 

A Peace of My Mind

by Special Guest on February 24, 2012

 

The Need for Visual Peacemaking Continues

by Mario Mattei on February 07, 2012

 

Project Prompter #2 - Children

by John Machado on February 01, 2012

 

Photos to Save Indigenous Cultures?

by Special Guest on January 25, 2012

 

Project Prompter #1 - Music

by John Machado on January 11, 2012

 

Perspectives on Poverty

by Special Guest on January 09, 2012

 

A Darkness Visible Released

by Joshua Smith on December 02, 2011

 

The People of Afghanistan

by Joshua Smith on October 18, 2011

 

WATCH: ExChange ~ breaking stereotypes in America

by Mario Mattei on October 13, 2011

 

Are You Eating Junk Media?

by Mario Mattei on September 02, 2011

 

Breaking down stereotypes in America

by Mario Mattei on August 05, 2011

 

Visual Peace through Photo-Pasting

by Mario Mattei on August 04, 2011

 

Time to Get Personal

by Mario Mattei on July 08, 2011

 

From the Eyes of Hope

by Mario Mattei on June 23, 2011

 

Re:thinking Documentary Photography

by Special Guest on June 03, 2011

 

Little Town of Bethlehem

by Mario Mattei on May 20, 2011

 

Relationships Matter

by Howard Zehr on May 13, 2011

 

A Peacemaker’s Epiphany

by Mario Mattei on May 04, 2011

 

10 How To’s for Visual Peacemaking (revised)

by Mario Mattei on April 29, 2011

 

Hope amidst conflict, really?

by Mario Mattei on April 22, 2011

 

The True Meaning of Pictures

by Mario Mattei on April 15, 2011

 

One Theme, Many Stories

by Mario Mattei on April 08, 2011

 

How important are captions?

by Mario Mattei on April 01, 2011

 

Photography as Witness

by Special Guest on March 04, 2011

 

An Intellectual Challenge for Visual Peacemakers

by Mario Mattei on March 01, 2011

 

Speak Up, the future is in your hands…

by Mario Mattei on February 23, 2011

 

10 How to’s for Visual Peacemaking

by Mario Mattei on February 18, 2011

 

Death of a Mentor

by Howard Zehr on February 11, 2011

 

Matt Brandon on Visual Peacemaking

by Matt Brandon on February 07, 2011

 

Beauty: a Weapon of Peace

by Special Guest on February 04, 2011

 

A Question about Int’l Development

by Mario Mattei on January 31, 2011

 

A Monk With Money?

by Special Guest on January 06, 2011

 

Novice or Pro?

by Mario Mattei on December 31, 2010

 

Elevators & Common Humanity

by Mario Mattei on December 22, 2010

 

Get Outside YourSELF

by Mario Mattei on December 08, 2010

 

A Response & Apology

by Mario Mattei on December 07, 2010

 

Prejudice: We All Lose!

by Mario Mattei on November 29, 2010

 

Cultural Enlightenments

by Mario Mattei on November 26, 2010

 

Ian of Wales on Visual Peacemaking

by Mario Mattei on November 17, 2010

 

“Photography” It can be a Dirty Word

by Mario Mattei on November 11, 2010

 

Let’s do something…

by Mario Mattei on November 08, 2010

 

Close to Home

by Mario Mattei on October 29, 2010

 

5 More Ways to Wear their Shoes - From our Members!

by Mario Mattei on October 26, 2010

 

Are We Making a Difference?

by Mario Mattei on October 20, 2010

 

3 Lessons Learned on the Streets of Istanbul

by Mario Mattei on October 11, 2010

 

“My Enemy. My Brother” from author of Tea with Hezbollah

by Mario Mattei on October 09, 2010

 

6 Reasons to Wear their Shoes

by Mario Mattei on October 01, 2010

 

Our metaphors matter - part 2

by Howard Zehr on September 29, 2010

 

Our metaphors matter - part 1

by Howard Zehr on September 25, 2010

 

Cultural Photography begins at home

by Mario Mattei on September 22, 2010

 

Caught by Surveillance

by Mario Mattei on September 18, 2010

 

Saudi Prince turns “Peace-Camera” on Interviewer

by Mario Mattei on September 07, 2010

 

Breaking Down Stereotypes!

by Mario Mattei on August 31, 2010

 

Visual Salaam-makers

by Mario Mattei on August 27, 2010

 

Photography at the healing edge

by Mario Mattei on August 24, 2010

 

Reel Bad Arabs, Hollywood’s portrayal

by Mario Mattei on August 17, 2010

 

Workshops

MediaStorm Methodology Workshop

by Courtney Huron on June 04, 2013

 

Upcoming Workshops with Ami Vitale

by Courtney Huron on April 22, 2013