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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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Searching for Visual Peacemaking in Nepal

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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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Heber Vega Member Interview

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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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IGVP PhotoBook

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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.

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Transcending Your Story Topic

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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Documentary Film Project

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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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IGVP is now on Flikr

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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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Dignity in Portraits

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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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1 Path to Unlocking Your Potential

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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.

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Perspectives on Poverty

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.

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Matt Brandon’s gallery: Our Shared Humanity

“Photography” It can be a Dirty Word

by Mario Mattei on November 11, 2010

Dr. Howard Zehr again brings depth and conviction to the conversation about Visual Peacemaking.

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Let’s do something…

by Mario Mattei on November 08, 2010

What's one project we could do to share with the world? What would it look like and be about? If you were going to show your friend at work, or sibling, or in-law, the "ultimate visual peacemaking" piece, what would that be?

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Make Compelling Documentaries

by Mario Mattei on November 05, 2010

Some quick tips on documentary storytelling

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What is success? What is a compelling story?

by Mario Mattei on November 03, 2010

Perhaps the “scale” for success isn’t upward, but rather downward.

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Close to Home

by Mario Mattei on October 29, 2010

Your own culture is misunderstood and feared by others, too. When you experience your own culture as mundane you miss out on visual peacemaking opportunities.

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What’s Stopping You?

by Mario Mattei on October 29, 2010

Do you have dreams, desires, and goals? If so, what's stopping you from reaching them? If you're reading this, it's likely some of your dreams and goals relate to improving your photographic vision and Visual Peacemaking.

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