Picture Hope Gets Ready to Take Off

Just one week to go and Stephanie and I will be on the plane on our way to Rwanda for the launch of Picture Hope. Here are several ways you can come along with us as we get ready to take off on this year long journey.

Submit a photo of yourself or your children to the Picture Hope Flickr Pool. We'll print up these images as hope notes with the message "Thank you for sharing your story" for every story teller we meet along the way. To see your face and to know you're listening will give this work heart and soul wherever we go.

Join us for the special Picture Hope reception at the Shutter Suite this Friday at 4PM in Chicago. Held in conjunction with the Blogher Conference, the Shutter Suite is your place to lounge, check out our sponsors, get a taste of Open Range Wines from Casey Flat Ranch Vineyards, make hope notes with suite full of hip HP technology goodness and say good-bye before Stephanie and I head out next week. We'd love to see you!

Purchase the Picture Hope book in the Blurb Store and directly support the people we meet along the way. Too often photographers come to the global south to shoot without making any impact on the lives of their subjects along the way. We are so hopeful about another way of sharing our content--especially in Africa. 100% of all profits from the book go straight to the people who were generous enough to tell their stories.

Join us on themotherhood.com as Stephanie and I LIVE chat directly from Kigali, Rwanda about our experiences on the ground. This will be your time to ask questions, see first images and share our first experiences as photographer partners in Rwanda. Mark your calendars--the chat will start at noon Eastern Standard Time on August 3rd. We can't wait to share this journey with you!

Comments

[Elizabeth Harper]

I left a picture of me in the Picture Hope Flickr Pool this morning to go with the hope notes. What a great idea and more personal way to say thank you.

In my photo, I'm standing along the coast path of Cornwall near my new home in England... with my camera of course.

Wishing you safe travel as you begin the first leg of your journey.

[djbeat]

good luck with the project - so worthwhile!

we left our photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/djbeat/3748244356/

[camerashymomma]

i wish i could say it in person in chicago... safe travels! i just bought the blurb book last night. i am absolutely thrilled to be a part of it, changing the world one photograph at a time.
much love to you both on your journey.
meredith

[Tracy]

This is so exciting! It is sure to be an amazing experience. So happy for you! Can't wait to see your work!

[summer]

so excited to get to watch this experience literally change lives.
Just posted a photo in the pool
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sufferingsummer/3508184078/in/set-72157617361708654/
I like the idea that my eyes will meet the eyes of someone in whole other world from me and we will find commonality in our pursuit of hope.
also honored to contribute to this wonderful project in any way!

[kosenrufu mama]

I wish to be there, in Chicago, but unfortuntely I'm in Italy, not possible for me now such a wonderful trip. But my heart is next by you and absolutely proud of being part of these wonderful project. I bought the book already, I can't wat to have it in my hands! It is a honour for me to have one picture of mine in the book.
Love
Ester

[NTE]

I dropped two pictures in the pool this morning - one for the young and one for the old, because hope takes so many different forms, and I know you guys are going to have an amazing journey!