Missions Photography
I have had the opportunity to go on a few missions trips in my life. They have all been an eye opening experience and I have always been amazed at how little I knew about the culture's in which we found ourselves in. Each city and people group stole my heart as they allowed us into their world if only for a week or so.
Each time I attempted to capture the essence of these far off lands and the interesting people that inhabited them with my lens. Each time I wished the images could tell a story to those back home who rested comfortably in their homes watching their big screen TV's. Each time I returned home to my comfortable surroundings with hundreds of images and no place to really show them, I had no megaphone or audience to tell my story to.
I wanted that platform, that soapbox if you will where I could share the images and the stories that accompanied them and people would pay attention. So, I created Agony & Angels, a rag tag group of photographers who were available for media related missions. A&A, and the website that accompanied it, were short lived. We were too rag tag, there wasn't enough organization and there wasn't many people interested in media missions at that time.
Fast forward 5 years or so and I am meeting and hearing about a whole army of people interested in this type of missions work and I am intrigued. I recently ran across this blog post written by Brian Hall and there are a number of others out there as well.
I propose that we create a Google group and begin discussing the possibilities of joining forces, pooling resources and creating a non profit where we not only can take requests from those looking to tell their story but also creating a platform to tell those stories.
If this is interesting to you please comment below with your email address and I will add you to the group list.
God Bless
