Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Nicaragua:

Last week I had the honor of being invited to travel to Nicaragua to visit and work with an educational NGO, Empowerment International. Kathy Adams is the founder of the organization and she is doing some very incredible work. I had the opportunity to spend time with three of her students and share the wonder of photography with them. In my last post I wrote about the power of a photograph. These young students in Nicaragua helped open my eyes to their world. Here is what I saw through my camera in Nicaragua. Click this link to see Nicaragua as I saw it: NICARAGUA

be strong, be safe,

Carlan

Saturday, November 7, 2009

New York City:
Just returned from New York where I spent a few days meeting and talking with editorial/documentary photo agencies. I have been looking for additional avenues to extend my coal stories to a larger audience. I am going to be working with Redux Pictures in New York. I will continue to create the stories in the same manner. Redux will work to syndicate the stories both nationally and internationally. They are great folks and share my concerns regarding social and environmental justice issues in the U.S.

It is my firm belief that a photograph is a window, it can create a portrait, it can create awareness, it can educate, and it can create change. I want to thank everyone who has been supportive of my beliefs and my work. Without your support, these stories would go untold and the voices unheard. Thank you for your continued support, it is greatly needed and appreciated. I will continue to use my pictures to educate and stimulate an awareness of the unrecorded human cost encountered in the extraction, production, and waste materials of coal for the creation of electricity in America.

We have a lot of work to do.

be strong, be safe,
Carlan