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I'm a location-independent marketing & communications consultant, writer & visual artist. I focus on social justice issues, arts & culture, travel and environmental policy, with a specialized focus on photographers and photography around the world. I'm a Pacific Northwest native, photographer, outdoor enthusiast & mixed-media artist. My home base is Portland, Oregon USA.
Storytelling
It's not about haircuts. Or homelessness. Or photographs. It's not even about giving back. For British hairdresser Joshua (Josh) Coombes and photographer Valérie Jardin, it's simply about human connection. Coombes says his #DoSomethingForNothing movement is ultimately about making time in a world full of distractions to notice the people around us and lift them up...to be a beacon of hope in the present moment.
In 2017, Florian Ledoux quit. He walked away from a stable job, security, and societal approval - and took a leap of faith into the world of documentary environmental photography that many had already warned him would lead to failure. They were wrong.
written by Gina Williams | photos courtesy of the Portland Art Museum "Isn't life a series of images that change as they repeat themselves?" -Andy Warhol Portland philanthropist and art collector Jordan D. Schnitzer recalls one of the first times he saw his collected works displayed on a large scale in a public setting.
A poem written & read by Gina Williams. Animation by wizualista.
Earned Riches was first published by The Inflectionist Review: https://www.inflectionism.com/12/gina... Animation by wizualista: https://www.instagram.com/w...
Jens Krauer is the tallest guy on the street, but nobody seems to notice him. He's maybe a foot away from a woman's face with his camera as she chats with a friend in front of a shop in Siena, Italy, hands flying around in animated conversation, oblivious that a camera lens is literally within touching distance.
"I believe that as a photographer, you can get close to the truth while still being concerned with aesthetic elements." - Gilles Nicolet More than 30 years ago, Gilles Nicolet arrived in Somalia to work as an agricultural engineer. "I was a young man at the time," he says.
Oh, the Pastabilities! written by Gina Williams | photography by Jim Henkens "You caught me in high experiment mode today," Linda Miller Nicholson said as she made me an espresso in the gleaming kitchen of her home near Snoqualmie Falls.
There's a woman on the corner selling something. Many people are selling things - this is Mexico City's busy Centro Histórico district, after all. But this woman and the living diorama around her where she sits on a wall with her wares catches Keith Dannemiller's eye and interest.
From Laos to Vietnam, Bracali has documented the region’s ethnic cultures, for whom food is a utterly intertwined with spirituality Southeast Asia has hundreds of distinct ethnic groups (138 in Myanmar and 54 in Vietnam), and food cultivation and preparation are a powerful and binding force. In fact, an ancient and common greeting that can still be heard in Myanmar is “Sar pi pi lar?” or “Have you eaten?”y more than 3
When professional cameraman and world traveler Michel Giaccaglia had to take a break from his itinerant schedule to care for his aging dog, he turned his lens towards home. Three years in the making, his documentary, Wild Garden, focuses on the natural landscapes of his home region of Le Marche, Italy.
Highlighting the World's Change Makers
It's not about haircuts. Or homelessness. Or photographs. It's not even about giving back. For British hairdresser Joshua (Josh) Coombes and photographer Valérie Jardin, it's simply about human connection. Coombes says his #DoSomethingForNothing movement is ultimately about making time in a worl
For nearly two years, Anne Wilkes Tucker, Curator Emerita of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, practically lived at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. She was searching for buried treasure.
In 2017, Florian Ledoux quit. He walked away from a stable job, security, and societal approval - and took a leap of faith into the world of documentary environmental photography that many had already warned him would lead to failure. They were wrong.
WorldWide Siena International Photo Awards. It primarily contains articles about science, geography, history, sport, wildlife, architecture, travel and world culture.
Luca Bracali is a man on a mission. Even as I caught up with the Italian photojournalist, filmmaker and explorer in Siena, Italy (not an easy task considering his intense travel schedule) where he was a featured exhibitor during the Siena International Photography Awards (SIPA) Contest and Art Photo
MarComm & Publicity
What is Project Disrupt Disruptions are great creative fire starters - they force us to stop what we're doing, break out of our routine, and try something new.
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The 90's brought rapid growth as Riverview became a publicly traded company in 1993 (symbol "RVSB" NASDAQ Small Cap Market) and added six more branch offices by the end of the decade.
Renew Oregon and our partners are working hard to move Oregon away from polluting energy to an efficient, clean energy economy by accounting for the cost of climate pollution! --> Sign the pledge to be part of the movement <-- Clean Energy Jobs is a policy to put a limit and price on climate pollution from the largest polluters in the state.
Accents & Apertures -- Personal Photography/Culture/Travel Blog
A few years ago, I met Hamzeh Mohammad Hosseini a young award-winning Iranian photographer who has become a dear friend. I admire his work, passion, intellect, creativity, curiosity, and of course, friendship & opportunity for cultural exchange.
Congratulations to Japanese photographer Toru Kasuya, winner of the 6th Annual Nikkei National Geographic Photo Prize.