PhotoPhilanthropy believes strongly that future generations of photographers will perpetuate and expand upon the application of their skills for social good, and therefore, central to our efforts is encouraging and supporting students to participate in non-profit visual storytelling.
We believe it is very important to share the succeses of our Grantees not only to showcase their hard work but to inspire students to participate not only in future grants but to submit to our Activist Awards as well!
Round 1: In your Community
Bethany’s project will document students participating in the “Giving Hope” program created by the Bowling Green Noon Rotary club. The fund provides full college scholarships for members of the Parker Bennett Elementary school 5th grade class who complete high school.
Round 2: Environment & Animal Welfare
Tim’s project, focuses on documenting the life of the Smith family who run an organic farm in South Central Kentucky and deliberately live and practice a sustainable lifestyle with the land that they work and grow their food on.
Round 3: Health & Nutrition
Rebecca’s project, on ACVNA’s Breaking Boundaries project, which aims to provide hospice and home care through narrative medicine and storytelling. This project documents the life of Sam Parsons and his wife, Sue, throughout the course of Sam’s ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
Round 4: Multimedia
Abbey’s project, with the Adoption Coalition of Texas showcases children in need of permanent homes. I’ll work with them to promote children available for adoption with video portraits & produce short documentaries highlighting aspects of the foster & adoption process.
Round 5: Education
Khamees‘ project with Tomorrow’s Youth Organization will document the lives of five children in Palestine who must forgo schooling in order to work and support their families. Photos of homes, schools, and workplaces will capture the harmful relationship between child labor and education.
Congratulations to all of our Student Production Grant Winners!
