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The Honourable Michael Chan,Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and International Trade and the Hon. Liz Sandals, Minister of Education
L'honorable Michael Chan, Ministre des Affaires civiques, de l’Immigration et du Commerce international et L'honorable Liz Sandals, ministre de l'Éducation
This was taken about halfway up the block on the east side of Broadway, between 79th and 80th Street. It's at the north end of the "Filene's Basement" store on the corner, and it's a place where I've often seen homeless people holding up a sign that asks for assistance...
With very rare exceptions, I haven't photographed these homeless people; it seems to me that they're in a very defensive situation, and I don't want to take advantage of their situation. But something unusual was happening here: the two women (who were actually cooperating, and acting in tandem, despite the rather negative demeanor of the woman on the left) were giving several parcels of food to the young homeless man on the right.
I don't know if the women were bringing food from their own kitchen, or whether they had brought it from a nearby restaurant. But it was obviously a conscious, deliberate activity, and one they had thousght about for some time...
What was particularly interesting was that they didn't dwell, didn't try to have a conversation with the young man;they gave him they food they had brought, and promptly walked away. As they left, I noticed the young man peering into his bag (the one you see on the ground beside him in this picture) to get a better sense of the delicious meal these two kind women had brought him...
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This is part of an evolving photo-project, which will probably continue throughout the summer of 2008, and perhaps beyond: a random collection of "interesting" people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.
I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me.
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep the camera switched on (which contradicts my traditional urge to conserve battery power), and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject.
For the most part, I've deliberately avoided photographing bums, drunks, drunks, and crazy people. There are a few of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. I'm still looking for opportunities to take some "sympathetic" pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. We'll see how it goes ...
The only other thing I've noticed, thus far, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, *far* more people who are *not* so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... but there was just nothing memorable about them.
2011 ChangeTheWorld - Ontario Youth Volunteer Challenge certificate presentation.
Pictured from left: Katherine Hewson, Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Citizenship & Immigration; Susan MacDonald, Community Link North Simcoe.
Had a great meeting on Aug. 15, at the Kapolei The Coffee Bean and Tealeaf with RiceUp for Filipino Farmers Student Group from Brigham Young University-Hawaii about the future of farming in Hawai‘i and how they can get more involved. I enjoyed talking story and sharing some of my adventures with these young minds who are enthusiastic about changing the world. 🌎👍👊
(Pictured L-R: Zenos Thoreson, Joan Rey, Ruth Alvarado, Princess Donato, Sen. Gabbard, Kimball Heaton, Sean Somoray, and Roche Donato.)
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Tillväxtverket, Föreningen Svensk Miljöteknik (ASSET), Business Sweden, Svenska Ambassaden i Pretoria, Sydafrikanska ambassaden i Stockholm och kluster organisationen Green Cape från Kapstaden, bjöd på seminarium om aktuella affärsmöjligheter på den Sydafrikanska marknaden.
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Green Renaissance visited Sweden and made 9 great movies about Swedish CleanTech
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Carine Strong, Volunteer MBC's Executive Director, presenting Michelle Osei-Bonsu with a gift card in recognition for her contributions during the 2012 ChangeTheWorld campaign and for sharing her input which will help with the future planning of the centre’s youth volunteer engagement program.
Photo credit: Sharon Clark-Koufis
(from left to right) Carine Strong, Executive Director of Volunteer MBC; Tiffany Yeh (Step Up Youth Volunteer Ambassadors - SUYVA), recipient of the ChangeTheWorld Recognition Award; and Bridget Saulnier of Toronto West KOA Campground (award sponsor).
Photo Credit: Jonathan Cox - www.jmcoxphotography.com
Volunteer MBC-OVCN Team
(back row - left to right)
- Shaminda Perera, Assistant Manager of Community Engagement
- Manon Germain, Managing Director, OVCN
- Carine Strong, Executive Director
- Kevin Sutton, Communications Manager, OVCN
- Adriane Beaudry, CVRM, Manager, Volunteer Engagement & Programming
- Lily Ostos, ChangeTheWorld Program Coordinator (OVCN)
(front row - left to right)
- Madhuri Payidiparty, Coordinator, Office & Referral
- Sharon Clark-Koufis, Marketing & Communications Manager
- Ebony Wright, Coordinator, Community Engagement
- Marina Campos, Manager, Operations
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Family tries to mask the smell in Port-au-Prince, Haiti following the earthquake.
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People walk past bodies lying on street in Port-au-Prince. (Photo: Plan/Marc
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Plan Community following the Haitian earthquake
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