One family lost their home from flooding. “Having new pictures of my family is a great start” — see more highlights and inspiration from this new 2015 Help-Portrait Austin recap. Help-Portrait Austin 2015 from Help-Portrait Austin on Vimeo.
This May we're focusing on "Moms" on the Help-Portrait blog, and our hearts were warmed by this event report from Manhattan, Kansas. Josh Hicks reports there was a 6-year-old girl, who was having her photo taken after she went through hair and makeup. She looked up at her mother and said, "Mom, I've never felt this [...]
Art has power to move, touch and heal people. Check out this video explaining an art/book project benefitting art, youth and small business recovery in Ferguson and surrounding areas. Painting for Peace in Ferguson tells the story of the hundreds of artist and volunteers who worked to transform boarded up windows into works of art with messages [...]
From Wahaj Alley, Help-Portrait Pakistan: While we go about with our lives, there are millions of children who are going about with their own little routines; going to school, finishing their homework, living their tiny lives, with their big smiles, and beautiful hearts. Some children, on the other hand, are lying under the ground, because [...]
From Help-Portrait 2014 in Basel, Switzerland: People with disabilities had the opportunity to be photographed professionally in Basel, Switzerland, during a 2014 Help-Portrait event. It was held on the first Sunday in Advent 2014 and brought a special occasion to the halls of the Unser Bier (our beer) brewery. Around 80 people with disabilities had the [...]
Nick Fancher, a Columbus, Ohio, photographer traveled to Tanzania and did a Help-Portrait event in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Feb. 2, 2015. Stats: 1 photographer 6 volunteers 156 people received printed portraits How did this event come about? I was traveling to Tanzania to document a couple missionary families for a week. While I was [...]
For the past six years, Help-Portrait has been celebrated around the world. During the month of March, the Help-Portrait blog will feature the beauty of diversity found in events held outside its founding country of the U.S. Help-Portrait became a movement when volunteers in these countries made it their own. To date, 67 countries have [...]
She walked in with a skeptical look on her face, she looked around at all the unknown people, so many strangers there treating her nicely, asking nothing in return. She was quickly taken to the kids entertainment area only to feel even more cared for, where she cut, glued and put together, with the help [...]
Anjola Toro & Katrin Eismann reported this from their Help-Portrait event in December 2014 with the School of Visual Arts - MPS Digital Photography in New York City. "We had a couple that had recently just gotten married and had a baby girl but had had no wedding or wedding/family portrait. We did our best [...]
Hannah Goering from Gurnee, Illinois, shares this video recapping their December 2014 event. This event is perfect to highlight as we kick off our February theme of “love” on the blog. They had two guests couples who had recently married but never had their portraits taken together. Help-Portrait was able to give that to them. [...]
