We had another great day of shooting and learning yesterday with our photography workshop for homeless children. This workshop was made possible by Speedway Children’s Charities and has been instrumental in the lives of the children. We are also very grateful for our partnership with A Child’s Place who have assisted us in this program. [...]
Monday marked the first day of Silent Images photography workshop for homeless children in Charlotte. For the next month, these children will be spending two days a week learning the art of photography and more. David Johnson, founder of Silent Images, began this workshop three years ago hoping to reach out into different communities in [...]
A beautiful day made for a great photography shoot at Freedom Park with Pregnancy Resource Center of Charlotte. Team photographers Elizabeth Marx and Emily Chidester photographed several of PRCC’s clients and their children to help further promote the center and their mission. Each photograph embodies PRCC’s commitment to working with women through unexpected or unintended [...]
By: Lindsay Rosenfeld
“I have a simple philosophy: Fill what’s empty. Empty what’s full. Scratch where it itches.” Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Most of my life experiences have confirmed what my mother has always said, the simpler the better. I’m quickly learning that this is rarely the case in Uganda… especially when considering water. Throughout the past week, [...]
By: Hannah Nemer
Americans have the watches but Africans have the time.
The most noticeable difference between the United States and Uganda is how people sense time. The watch I wear has become meaningless, as there is little likelihood of having a meeting start at its intended hour.
Conversations too seem to take place in a different time [...]
For many men like Paul, working on a boat as a guide is a source of income and just the first step of his dreams to own his own business in tourism. He works with drivers to show tourists around on different water sources, like the Nile and Bujagali Falls, as well as on-land at [...]
(L-R) Lindsay Rosenfeld and Hannah Nemer find some bit of “refuge” at the Souce Café in Jinja, Uganda in their first week.
By: Lindsay Rosenfeld
Over the past two days, the Source Café has proven to be much more than simply the source of coffee, lemongrass tilapia, and some of the best banana bread I have experienced [...]
By: Lindsay Rosenfeld
06/05/2011
Well, here we are… the morning of day one of our sixty-eight day adventure in Uganda. It’s a little strange to think that in less than forty-eight hours Hannah and I will be arriving in Jinja, the main destination and focus of our work. Despite the countless hours of preparation, research, and attempts [...]
By: Hannah Nemer
What the strangers sitting nearby at a local Minnesota Pizzeria really wanted to talk about was not the quality of my full plate of food, which was in fact delicious, but instead the Ugandan travel guide that I had hardly set down throughout dinner.
Eventually the conversation moved from pizza-predicated small talk to that [...]
“Before we can solve poverty, we need to define it,” said David Johnson. “Poverty is not just about lack of money or food, it is about the lack of hope and power. So our solutions need to address restoring hope and power and not just handing out money or food.” Johnson is the founder of [...]
My wife and I had the honor of having a private dinner with Dr. Akec Khoc, the Sudanese Ambassador to the U.S. Dr. Akec welcomed Andrea and I with a huge smile and firm handshake. His mixture of charm and professionalism makes him to be a true statesman. Although he has lived through [...]
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“ Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them,
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“The best place to live is where love is … it’s where the presence of God is,” Hailu says. Hailu grew up orthodox, converted to Islam at an early age, and by the time he was 9 yrs old, he had not only learned about Jesus but had been introduced to Project Mercy.
“Standing out on [...]
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When Ugandan youth commit crimes of murder of theft they are sent to the Naguru Prison in Kampala. The warden grants me approval to photograph inside the prison, and I meet Alex, a 16 year old boy who is months away from completing his 2- year sentence.
“What are you going to [...]
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She was abused all of her childhood and was dropped off on the street
at a dump with no one. She is now loving life and has many friends.
After seeing her smile time and time again, I felt as though I had
very minute problems. Transformation! Thank you Jesus. Only you can do
such a miracle. Her joy [...]
On June 11, the Silent Images team offered a day of free photography to the women and their babies at the Charlotte Pregnancy Resource Center. We hope that the photos will celebrate the beautiful babies and the courageous women who have chosen life. With the mothers’ approval, we have posted some images of these beautiful [...]
Alice White made her first trip to Haiti over 30 years ago, and her heart has never left the nation. Through political instability, military threats, trade embargos, and an earthquake, Alice has been one of the few constants in the land. She has pushed through road blocks and has personally piloted cargo planes to bring [...]
Lory and his older brother, James, begin their long walk home after sharing their story with me about how they survived the earthquake in Port-au-Prince. James was fortunately in the street, but Lory was still in school. Lory attended a school of 300 in which 295 of the students died. Lory was one of the [...]
Today I spent the day at an amputee clinic that has been treating the survivors of the earthquake in Port-au-Prince. They were air lifted to Cap Hatien for emergency amputations. The hospital is completely funded by private donors and is doing amazing work with volunteer doctors from America. They are also employing dozens of Haitian [...]
I have not really gotten too worked up over the controversial health care debate in America. I do have some opinions, but after seeing much of the developing world’s health care, I am just grateful for what we have. So whether you think we already over subsidize the system or we pay too much to [...]
The schools behave much like the adult world in Haiti. There is a pressing forward and a sense of “business as usual,” but there are broken buildings and classrooms that, like ghosts, haunt the Haitians. One should not pause to gaze too long, or these ghosts will, once again, strike fear. Therefore, the buildings are [...]
Through forced slavery, French occupation, and U.S. occupation, Haiti was a country that, according to much of the world… was never meant to be. Yet, they unified to defend their freedom and fought for the generations that would follow. Today, half of the population of Haiti is under the age of 21, and they carry [...]
Day one in Port-au-Prince was quite surprising. I was shocked to see how commerce and life is going on, and the Haitians resiliently push through the day. On the other hand, I was shocked to see the rubble and piles of debris that played as the backdrop to the hustle and bustle. 250,000 people died [...]
On April 15 I will be flying to Haiti to document alongside a medical team and a relief team as they assist the Haitians in rebuilding the country. The trip will also include a meeting with the Bishop as he shares his insights and strategies for how to best rebuild the country physically, emotionally, and [...]
“I hand the Coke to Isaac, and he drinks it as fast as he can, but he stops half way, wipes his mouth and hands the remainder of the Coke to Ranaldo. Usually, when someone gives me a gift, I selfishly take it home and play with it until it breaks. I don’t think I would have [...]
It was an honor to lecture to an International studies class at Queens University on Friday March 5. The students were receptive to what our mission is at Silent Images and they had a lot of great questions about their role in being a global citizen.
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