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CLIMATE CHANGE NOW!

Climate change is REAL and photography can help people understand that the world is changing. This project would document the changes in places where it is happening NOW, and show the impact that it is having on people and environments.

CLIMATE CHANGE NOW!

This would be the project of a lifetime; a project that would be exciting and enriching to complete, and a project that could make an impact on many people and help spread the understanding that climate change is REAL, and that we must do everything we can to prevent it.

For this work, I would research locations, environments, and cultures that are being affected by global warming NOW, and using photography show the impact that is occurring in real, tangible ways.

The project would be made up mainly of two types of photographs: aerial or landscape photos of changing landscapes, juxtaposed with portraits of the people whose lives are being changed by the changes in their environment. The idea is to make the concept real by connecting changes in the environment with the people being affected.

The project would be made up of three phases:

1)Research locations and populations that are being affected now. Choose areas, topics, plan itinerary.
Possible locations may be chosen in Iceland, Greenland,
Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, Asia, and South America.

2)Make trips, photographs over a 3 to six month period.

3)Edit, print and assemble exhibition. For a traveling exhibition, I would seek additional grants to cover the cost of printing, mounting, and shipping of photographs to exhibit locations.

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15 Comments

rsanta

i intended to vote for Jamie Bourret - have I done so with this comment?

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rsanta

i intended to vote for Jamie Bourret - have I done so with this comment?

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jcantor

I want to vote for Jamie Bourret's idea.

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lydiavorst

You are very talented, and I wish you the best of luck!

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cpintler

This is a great idea, Jamie. I vote for you!

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alpine

I vote for Jamie's Climate Change Now

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clayjar

Aren't a lot of photographer's already doing this? I hear of people taking pictures of bears in Alaska and ice bergs at the South Pole and other projects on a regular basis.

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2jbourret

This is a different approach entirely. I don't intend to photograph bears or icebergs, but the landscapes where people live and where indigenous cultures are being affected. The approach is not abstract - it is about the direct effect that climate change is having on PEOPLE.

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spollock

I vote for James.

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FatherJohn

I like your idea!

I voted for you; will you vote for me? Let's do this and see how it turns out. Let's help each other!

Good luck!

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cdkassner

I vote for James Bourret

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Amazonian

Good ideas like yours that are not in the Top 100 are nearly impossible to find. This is unfair as many great ideas are hidden. Those of us in the “Sub-100” should work together to promote the best projects of the Sub-100 so that they can be in the Top 100 and be seen. Please vote for best Sub-100s!

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bsasso

I love this idea! check out mine and Pic it if youd like! Congo here I come...

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WisePoney

good luck,
please have a look at mine
voted!

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jrhandel

Your dream is of pressing URGENCY! I can't wait to see your photos - Wonderful idea & great dream! Best of luck and you have my "PIC" - please check out my dream of furthering peaceful coexistence between Jews and Arabs in the Middle East. Thanks!!

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