The Guild: Who We Are
We want to bring our craft and vision together into extraordinary technique. But technique is not an end in itself. We’re on a journey to exhibit the beauty and dignity of people in our images.
We are committed to displaying common humanity and images that build bridges of peace. We hope you can learn from our example, from one another, and we in turn will draw inspiration from the entire visual peacemaking movement.
Part of our desire is to see visual communication industries and media saturated with visual peacemakers like yourself who know how to use their vision, their craft, and their BIG hearts for the good of our world!
Read our Ethical Code ›
Our Footprints
Look at where we've been hanging out
- Penang, Malaysia
- Penang, Malaysia
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Vancouver, Canada
- Vancouver, Canada
- Miami
- Miami, FL
- New York, New York
- New York, NY
- Phoenix
- Phoenix, AZ
- Northern Iraq
- Northern Iraq
- Venice, Italy
- Venice, Italy
- Laos
- Laos
- Bangkok Thailand
- Bangkok, Thailand
- India
- Delhi, India
- India
- Kashmir, India
- Afghanistan
- Afghanistan
- Nepal
- Nepal
- Washington DC
- Washington DC
- Micronesia
- Micronesia
- Mauritania
- Mauritania
- Kosovo
- Kosovo
- Israel
- Israel
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guinea-Bissau
- Burkina Faso
- Burkina Faso
- Angola
- Angola
- Kenya
- Kenya
- Bhutan
- Bhutan
- Egypt
- Egypt
Find out where we will be next: View Photo Tours and Workshops.
IGVP Guild Members
Podcasts
Depth of Field with Matt Brandon
Peachpit TV brings you the "Depth of Field" audio Podcast,…
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Articles
Starting Out in Humanitarian Photography
This is my “advice post.” If you’ve written me a letter and I’ve referred you here first please don’t… Learn more ›
The Coming Revolution.
This article originally appeared as a guest post on Scott Kelby’s blog on May 13, 2009.
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Books & eBooks
Vision is Better II: Free The Mind, Free the Camera. Again.
This massive eBook is a collection of 44 of the…
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IGVP eBooks
Workshops
For people who are new to the amazing world of photography, those who started on 35mm film, and everyone in between, workshops are not only relevant, but also helpful.
Participating in a workshop can advance your craft, define and/or refine your vision, and remind us that we’re part of a larger community of people who love to capture life through a lens and share with the world what we saw in that moment.
Lightroom Expert Tuition
From Gavin Gough
Adobe Lightroom has become the post-production software of choice for many photographers, amateur and… Learn more ›
Bangkok School of Photography
From Gavin Gough
This workshop is tailored for individuals or small groups who wish to improve their photographic skills… Learn more ›
Photo Tours
children, africa, people, india, portraits, muslims, travel, asia, culture, muslim, poverty, portrait, turkey, color, faces, thailand, islam, morocco, dance, kenya, guatemala, china, women, nepal, school, buddhist, malawi, tribal, buddhism, cambodia, religion, joy, beauty, village, mosque, documentary, ethiopia, urban, hope, america, dignity, panama, music, haiti, temple, kids, tanzania, tibet, water, humanitarian, ladakh, peace, street photography, prayer, brazil, community, youth, iraq, chinese, akha, flowers, arizona, middle east, taiwan, indonesia, philippines, kathmandu, pakistan, education, burma, orphan, celebration, south africa, bali, portfolio, christian, israel, market, turks, remote, monk, nature, silk road, uganda, smile, travel photography, flood, mexico, children photography, thai, humanity, jerusalem, laura cook photography, trabzon, health, journey, usa, sri lanka, cultural, environmental portraits,
Clients & Publications
- Adventure magazine
- American Center for Law & Justice
- B&W
- Bağ (Connection) Muzik Production
- BBC
- Bethany Fellowship International
- Bombadier Transport Corporation
- Conde Nast
- Geo
- Getty Images
- Honda Motor Corporation
- Leadership Training International
- Lonely Planet Images
- Moody Magazine
- National Geographic
- NeighborWorks
- Operation Blessing
- Partner Aid International
- Photoshop User Magazine
- Regeneration Magazine
- Regent University
- Samaritan’s Purse
- Sony
- Travel Photographer’s Network
- Vanity Fair magazine
- Vietnamese Tourist Board
- Vogue
- World Vision
Awards and Recognitions
- Alexia Foundation for World Peace
- Canon female photojournalist award
- Daniel Pearl Award for outstanding reporting
- Inge Morath grant by the prestigious Magnum Photos
- Magazine Photographer of the Year by NPPA
- One of 30 Image Makers of the Future by Photo District News
- Photographer of the Year International
- Vincent Versace Guru Award for Photographic Excellence
- World Press Photos
How to Become a Guild Member
To get a better idea of whether or not you are eligible for consideration, please review the list of criteria below. Express your interest to us by writing to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
The IGVP Founders acknowledge that many exemplary visual communicators may request entrance into the Guild. Therefore, we want to say openly now that we’re keeping the Guild small, mainly for logistical and strategic reasons. In addition to the criteria below, tell us why you think you should hold a seat in the Guild. There is a Memorandum of Understanding for Guild members that details minimum commitments. However, we’re looking for those who would go beyond minimums and instead strive for bold, generous, and innovative.
Guild Member Criteria:
- Entrance into the Guild is by invitation only from IGVP Founders. Recommendations can be made by existing Guild members. IGVP Founders maintain right of refusal. IGVP Founders will seek the counsel of existing Guild members before accepting new members.
- Endorse the IGVP Ethical Code as your own.
- Committed to displaying “common humanity” and visual communication that builds bridges of peace and breaks down stereotypes.
- Bring craft and vision together so that your visual portfolio is a display of extraordinary technique and recognized by peers as such.
- Willing to work respectfully and humbly with all Guild members.
- Have a professional & well maintained website.
- Active participant in online social media.
- Have published images (magazines, books, e-books, etc.). *Not 100% mandatory.
- Able to make unique offerings to the Visual Peacemaker Community (VPC), such as critiques, mentoring, tours, books, compelling blog content, podcasts, etc. *Not 100% mandatory.
- Portfolio includes images from 3 or more countries. *Not 100% mandatory.
Our Footprint
Look at where we've been hanging out and find out where we will be next: View Photo Tours and Workshops.
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