These beautiful photographs were part of a 2006 exhibit Bound for Glory: America in Color. Taken by Photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information, these are the only color photographs of the effects of the Depression on America’s rural and small town populations.

Click here for more. Photographs are the property of the Library of Congress.

Oct. 22-23, London’s East Gallery at Brick Lane will be hosting the first ever UK exhibit of Instagram photos. “My World Shared” will host photos from 30 participants “to record in images our world around us, our lives, our outlook, our views, and share that view with the rest of the world.” Instagram recently revised its mobile app with several new features, including high resolution photos, live filters and more. (via @mashable)

New Forests Company, a British forestry company, forcibly expelled more than 20,000 Ugandans from their homes in recent years, according to a report by the aid group Oxfam. This photo slideshow from The New York Times tells the story.

For more background, here’s the related article.
 

We loved hearing this story today: When a server at a San Diego Chargers game tripped on a stair sending $1,000 in bills flying through the air to the lower level seats, fans jumped to the rescue. She not only recovered the $1,000 but an extra $170 in additional goodwill tips. Here are some additional ways anyone can give back on game day.
 

Poverty rates in the U.S. are the highest since 1993, according to a new report. The federal government announced this week that the nation’s poverty rate increased to 15.1 percent in 2010. An additional 2.6 million people landed in poverty last year, bringing the total to 46.2 million – the highest number since the government started tracking poverty in the 1950s.

“Child poverty has been higher than the 2010 level in only three years since the mid-1960s,” said Ron Haskins, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, in a statement.

Now more than ever we have an opportunity to show love in a unique way to people in need at Help-Portrait events. As we plan our upcoming events, keep in mind the swelling number of people in need of help and hope.

We featured an interview with celebrity portrait photographer John Keatley back in March on the Help-Portrait blog. Today we wanted to let you know about a cool giveaway he’s doing to help victims in the Horn of Africa crisis.

For his birthday on Sept. 22, John is asking people to donate to One Day’s Wages’s Horn Of Africa Relief Fund. From the group who donates John will choose several to receive prints from his Liberia collection (a few seen below).

“I am actually feeling more excited about the idea of giving away my work this year, than I ever have about receiving gifts on my birthday in years past,” John said.

Help John reach his goal of $3,000 by his 31st birthday on Sept. 22.

(John Keatley photo by Jenny Jimenez)

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