If you have participated in a Help-Portrait event before, you know that there are amazing stories to be shared throughout the day. We’d love for you to be able to get those stories to a wider audience through the vehicles of your local news stations or newspapers. Below are a few simple ideas to help [...]
Sixteen of this month's Help-Portrait subjects are now featured on CNN World's Photo Blog. See the photos and read the incredible stories the subjects shared on their photos here. Read more: 'This is the first gift I will keep forever'
CNN.com U.S. edition featured Help-Portrait on its homepage, with a look at several Help-Portait events and participants, including Luanne Dietz, a photojournalist and middle school photography teacher in St. Petersburg, Florida, and blogger Karen Lim, who recently traveled to Swaziland to capture portraits in an underprivileged local community. See the full coverage here: "Photographers to [...]
The Wall Street Journal NYC edition did a great piece on Help-Portrait and its founder, Jeremy Cowart, as an Editor's Pick (it's also featured on the homepage). Enjoy! Read more: "Creating a Lasting Image"
Paste magazine's Nick Purdy has a Q&A with Help-Portrait's founder, Jeremy Cowart. An excerpt: What’s new in your plans for this year? This will be our third annual event on Dec. 10, worldwide. Photographers, makeup artists, volunteers around the world will be getting together at various locations to give photos to people in need… the [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Lori Mahon, Merge PR lori@mergepr.com 615.579.1266 THIRD ANNUAL WORLDWIDE HELP-PORTRAIT™ EVENT SET FOR DECEMBER 10 HELP-PORTRAIT WILL BE SHOWCASING PHOTOS FROM THIS YEAR'S EVENT FOR THE FIRST TIME Nashville, Tn –October 27, 2011—This December 10, photographers around the world will gather for the third annual Help-Portrait event. In 2009, Help-Portrait [...]
Introducing the vision for the 2011 Help-Portrait event on 10 December 2011. Founder, Jeremy Cowart, explains how we're doing things a little different this year.
We're continuing our series today from the Help-Portrait volunteer staff. We want to (re)introduce ourselves and talk about what we're getting excited about for this year's Help-Portrait event. Today, our fabulous publicist, Lori Mahon. What I do for HP: I tell the stories of Help-Portrait to the media. I love sharing the stories with the [...]
We wanted to share some of the great stories published by the media about 2010 Help-Portrait. We're appreciative of all the coverage and get especially excited to see local coverage featuring the volunteers on the frontlines making this event happen. Did you post about 2010 H-P on your blog? Give us a link in the [...]