Posts tagged ‘photo’

Aug 2

Corazón de Luz: A Picture Speaks A Thousand Words

Angela, at 54 years old, now owns her first ever family photograph.
It is displayed in pride of place in her home on the family altar, below her picture of the Virgin of Guadalupe. She plans to send copies to her sister who lives in Mexico City and her brother in the United States who have not seen her family in years.

Thanks to your support and donation to Corazón de Luz, women in the En Via program in communities around Oaxaca have received their family photos — for some, the first ever. We have distributed most of the photos, all with wonderful response and appreciation.

Read more

Jun 19

Update: Corazón de Luz

Our fundraising campaign has now been live for 2 weeks!
As you might remember, we want to provide families living in small communities surrounding Oaxaca their FIRST EVER family photos.
I have been humbled by people’s generosity!

Thank you so so much for your interest and assistance in this project.

Currently we are half-way to our goal of providing photo packets of one 6×8″ print and three 4×6″ prints for 600 families. Read more

Jun 3

7 Comments

Corazón de Luz: Help Us Provide Lasting Memories!

We want to take, print and give family photos to local families in Oaxaca who currently do not have family photos and don’t have access to keeping their precious memories this way.
Help us fund this project so we can provide family photos for free.

The Idea
As you know by now, I am a volunteer with Fundación En Vía, a local organisation which provides interest-free microloans to women. Recently I took photos of some of the women we visited on tour, and once back in Oaxaca I got prints made at a local lab. The next time I saw these women I handed them their photos. Read more

Feb 7

7 Comments

Rethinking Travel Photography

It’s pretty common whilst travelling to think, wow, I am having the BEST time, I had better photograph everything! Photos are a wonderful means of reliving key moments and experiences, augmenting your memories with detail and relived atmosphere. Photos also serve the purpose of documentation or proof: this is my family, cat, holiday, best meal ever. How often do you actually look at those photos again after you have arrived back home? Read more

17.059417 -96.721622

• About Me

  
  Hi, my name is Jodi.

  Follow me as I leave the corporate sector in Melbourne, Australia to move to Oaxaca, Mexico, to live and volunteer for a year

• Dont miss a thing!

  Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

  Follow

• Search

• Archives

  Archives Select Month December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013

• Tags

  airport altitude Argentina beach boat bus Canada church city community condor Cuba dance earthquake eat Ecuador family ferry festival fiesta flight food forest hills leaving market melbourne Mexico mountain mountains New Zealand NGO Oaxaca overseas packing Peru photo photography planning Portugal pueblos Shanghai Spain spanish Teotitlan Teotitlán del Valle tips tourist transport travel trees volcano volunteer walk wellington

• Blogs I Follow

  • Embracing the Chaos
  • small portion
  • Dinner: A Love Story
  • Heart of Light
  • A Cup of Jo
  • Design*Sponge
  • Healthy Happier Bear
  • Simple Provisions