IN HARMS WAY-Exploring the Bond Between Humans and Animals
I'm looking to do a photography documentary exploring the bond between people who dedicate their lives to looking after animals in harms way around the world. An elephant orphanage in Kenya,Dog an orangutan sanctuary in Borneo,and may more.
For this project I will need to travel to each continent to document the amazing people who have dedicate their lives to rescuing animals. This will require me spending quality time with these individuals and using my camera to patiently photograph the moments that best show the bond they have with the animals they look after. For the final piece I want to produce a book and multimedia presentation accompanied by each caretaker answering the simple question of “Why they do what they do”. Some places that I have in mind already are the following; an orangutan sanctuary in Borneo, an elephant orphanage in Kenya, an endangered animal sanctuary in Bolivia, and many more. The story will conclude with me retracing my roots and documenting my mother in the USA, she fosters 7 rescue dogs.
I too am an animal lover and have been a vegetarian for 10 years. It breaks my heart to see animals slaughtered for whatever reason and for most of my adult life I have tried my best to block it out whenever I see an animal being abused or even killed. All these people are an inspiration to me and my hopes for his project are for these people to inspire others. I want to this project to remind people that we are all living things and to respect the living all around the world.
408 Comments
good luck, man!
Good luck mate. Go for ya life.
Is that Justin Mott? Sounds like a good project, man. Voted for you.
Will Baxter/formerly WpN
a dream assignment for a dream photojournalist!
right behind you man.... good luck!
Sounds excellent!
Rock on Justin...this sounds so cool, I hope you get to live it! -Tara
good luck justin. have always enjoyed your work.
Hey, Justin. Nice dream - you've got our PIC. We're trying to donate the $50k prize money to charities across the US. Please check our idea out and support us if you like it. Thanks and good luck!
Good luck Justin, it's a noble project and a very worthy cause.
Great idea Justin, good luck!
Justin-hey! Good luck....By the way, was in Cambodia (finally) working with traff. victims. tried to contact you but no luck! Wishing you well.
Go for it!
good job, man :)
good luck
from one of your gf's friend ;) :)
Good luck Justin - you have our vote from Orchard Represents in London
Daragh
I voted for you. May I suggest that you look at some of the dreams different people have posted here (mine is Children of the World) and vote for the ones you like best. If you leave a comment, they can link back to your dream. Good luck!
good luck to you! :)
Hi Justin:
I think, I hope, I voted for you. Not certain if i did it correctly. But best of luck -- you certainly deserve it, and I don't say that lightly. all best, Lonnie
hi Justin,
What an interesting idea you have, I'm sure going to vote u in this one....keep on moving bro!!!
Hey Justin!! Good luck with your dream! :) I've already voted, and my friends will do the same too!! ^^
All the best Justin
Good luck Justin !
Good luck, Justin
One of Miss Thuy's student
Best wishes for you Justin. Dream will be coming true!!! I've already voted for you. My friends are voting for you too. The number of votes will be increased quickly
Now you know me?????
Good luck old man! from little Chris
Good luck, sounds like a interesting project.
right on brother, hope you get it
good luck bro...hope you win
If not you, then who can?
Thanks for all this love everybody!!!
Does this mean you want me to stop eating elephantburgers?
great idea justin. the animals and their friends thank you :) good luck!
good luck
This is so worthy, and so important! Animals can't speak for themselves, they need as many advocates as they can get! Best of luck.
I, too, have abstained from meat (since 1982) and love animals. Your cause is a good one and seems to have caught fire quickly! Good luck!
I wish your good luck, Justin
I will vote for you
Nice project!
Good luck!
good dream n good luck! ^^ c ya soon at Green Mango
Excellent project...Good Luck
It was close but you've got my vote, good luck brother
U'll get a puppy if u win :))
good luck, justin!
sounds like an amazing project!
Good luck man
best of luck Justin, hope you win!
Good luck man!
:) Hope you win.
Tu
go on ! go on ! sexy man ;)) haha
lovely man ;))
cute man ;))
good luck
I'm c?u nguy?n cho anh Justin ;))
1 email 1 vote ? ... :-(
you've got my vote! good luck!
Let's go buddy.
You know what would taste REALLY good right now...?
Good luck Justin! Hope you'll also cover Southeast Asia.
Hey Dude, great idea! I voted for you. Check out mine and let me know what you think. I'd appreciate your vote!
Good Luck Justin!
DOOO IT!!!!!!
go j!
You can doooo it!! Wishing you best of luck!
You rock, Justin! I'm your biggest fan since royal exchange! ;)
All the best Justin!!
Good luck.
good luck
It's great to see that you continue to live the dream. I wish you continued success and growth. While I won't abstain from Churrascaria, I'm not down with bushmeat. To that end, you get my vote.
Go get 'em!
all the best bro!
For D...D..DiSandro!
Sounds great J! Good luck baby.
Why don't you just admit you want to take pictures of a donkey show you perv. Tell you what, come on back to the states and I'll let you boink my hamster after plugging your butt with one of my girthier snakes.
we should meet up Snakebone..we are on the same wave bro..lolz..good luck Justin
Good luck! I love my kitten... don't know what I'd do wiht out her.
You have my PIC. Please stop by and check out my idea... leave a comment and a PIC if you'd like.
I'm a photographer trying to change the world... starting with my community!
Take care!
good on ya, ex-flatmate. let's grab a curry the next time you're on holiday!
We should race RC cars sometimes, big guy! With love, from Ray's Hobbies.
Hi J! It's me, from the 24 hour bike races. I remember you from passing you and you were singing, "NiteRider! Riding at night!" I was you're 200th vote. You can do it!
B.B. McMuffin
Good Luck!!
---Keri
Glad to vote for you. good luck.
Good luck Justin. Remember: "Nanner Puss!"
Go man Go....... good luck!
Justin,...I'm Juan's GF. Good luck with the competition!
Good Luck, Justin
goodluck to u
Go go justin. Strongly believe that you can do it.
Bon courage!
run justin run
a hundred good lucks!
Good luck to you! wish your dream comes true! :D
A real photographer :)
good luck
All the best!
keep coming up! voted for your idea
one more and counting -jeff
Justin- so glad to see that this is what you picked to do- despite all your experience with capturing human suffering- way to help those who cannot help themselves!!! Best of luck!!
good luck!!!
Good job & Good luck to you!
yeah, keep trying...
Nice idea... Keep it up ... Gud luck
Keep on going man , Vietnamese friends have ur back !
Rooting for ya - good luck!
Keep fighting for them, Justin!
Good luck, J.Most!
Miss u! Are you remember me? ;)
nice to meet you. Good luck J.mott!
good luck!
I love ur picx and Nason's so much.
Good luck to u!
good luck to you :)
good luck :)
Hi Justin.Yours is worth an idea! Good luck 2u 'n ur dream
We,8K2, always support you, teacher:D Break a leg\m/
I love you all remember to vote only 1 per person and please spread the word!!!
Thanks,
Justin
hi Justin!Good luck to you
hey, good luck. hope my teacher will win the contest.
this is an excellent and unique project , hope you work on it either way!
rock on , justin.
be passion
Good luck man :)
I very love animals so good luck Justin
Good luck to you J
Good on you Justin, Good luck!
Go for it J. From Nhung Wide Eyed Tours
One more vote.
wishing you all the best. From Thu, Wide Eyed Tours
Please vote for JUSTIN
yahhooooooo.......
I really hope you win get it man! Hong Anh Wide Eyed Tours
Hey Everybody just wanted to apologize for all the grammatical errors. I hit submit by accident before I could review and fix them. They won't all me to go back and change anything, real bummer. Thanks for all the support and tell your friends to vote for me.
Co ai lop 6k1 ko?
Good luck, Justin.
VOTE FOR JUSTIN!
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hi! Good luck, Justin!Hope u win!
You've got mine and my friends'. Go and get it bro.
One vote for you. All the best!
vote for you
Nun
each e-mail only can vote 1 time...I've got 5 e -mail
Gud luck!
good luck man
good luck
try your best:D
Your dreaming will become true!
Good luck, Justin
Good luck man
Hey Justin! You've helped me so much during my training for the exam
I voted for you, please consider it as my thanks to you, however, I think your project is meaningful.
Good luck with it.
good luck
:-bd good luck man, you're in top 51 !!!! what about top 10!!!
Good luck, my friend! Barbara
Good luck :D
we need to help you to be top 1 :))
goog luck !
anh em Xom nhiet tinh qua.
Good luck JMott
Sounds excellent!
You gotta win this
Good luck
Sounds excellent!
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Sounds excellent!
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you've got my vote! good luck!
VOTE for u!
you've got my vote! good luck!
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Try your best..good luck man !
Vote for Justin Mott!
Vote for Justin Mott!
good luck ^^ (4)
Try to do your best ! Hopefully you will be voted a lots ^^ !
hope your dream will come true
Good luck, Justin
Good job & Good luck to you!
having seen your ability to be there, invisible without hiding, your interest in understanding human condition, and your will of keeping an eye on lifes that we all forgot. I would love to see this work come true. good luck.
go [email protected] 4 the animals]
You go man!
I've heard a lot of U, good luck!
Try to do your best ! Hopefully you will be voted a lots ^^ !
Good luck. I hope you get it.(you have a great Mom)
Welcome to Vietnam!best wishes to you!
Vote for JUSTIN MOTT!
You have a very good Idea!
Sound good, Justin!
I voted for you.
I'm from Cu Chi Wildlife Rescue Center (Vietnam)
Our target that protect WildLife in Vietnam.
The animals are lucky to have you on their side!
If you have any looking for about Conservation in Vietnam let check our website www.wildlifeatrisk.com
Hope to see you in Vietnam!
Thang Le
Tour Coordinator
Wildlife At Risk
email: [email protected]
Skype: thangle.vn
YM: victorleo05
phone: (+84)908573290
Excellent project , i've voted.^^.
p/s: some pics about Bear Rescue in Vietnam let check my FaceBook:
http://www.facebook.com/inbox/readmessage.php?t=1061075644517&mbox_pos=0#/album.php?aid=85195&id=581976625
http://www.justinmott.com/main.php
I've just visit it! Cool...
Good luck!
Good luck Justin. I love your idea! Carol from WV
Good luck Justin ;)
Good luck Man!
Good luck Justin.
good luck Justin
Love to have the support of the WildLife organizations thank you so so much!!! Please spread the word I need a few hundred more votes.
Justin
www.justinmott.com
Good luck!
For you
#41 and rising!!!
:)). Justin's student. Well,this will be a super fantastic friday to u and our class.
Vote for you! Good luck!
ur topic sounds well.. such interesting
Just put my vote on you! good luck
one day left.
hehe, hope u can get the best result. I do nothing, but you can do something. Good luck
:) Gud luck .
:)) Good luck teacher.
Sounds great!
hey Justin,
Good luck.
Good luck J!
Good luck Justin!
Good luck Justin! You deserve to win.
good luck
I hope you win! Good luck Justin!
good job and go on with your ideas
Best Wishes...
Drew Fletcher
Good luck brotha!!
Thanks to Erika G. for telling about this cool contest.
Best of luck.
Jesse Dean
it sounds nice! good job Justin, voted for you :)
Good luck!
I vote for you! See you in Thailand after you win the project.
Khem
Thai Elephant Assisted Therapy Project
good luck Justin!
We are by your side.Go ahead.
Best of Luck!
Chuc Justin thanh cong, chung toi luon ung ho ban
go go go , you will winner
Protect animals!
good luck for you
Voted! :)
Just incase you win dude,
http://hippospartan.multiply.com/photos/album/64/Philippine_Animal_Welfare_Society
You should give that one a looksee :) I was there about 6 months ago and it was quite touching.
I think u 'll win 4 sure !!!! ( I'm a friend from TV school)
We love you and your work! ^^
try your best! good luck
good luck
Go a head!! Good luck Justin!
good luck
I am father in law of Mike from Wide Eyed Tours. Good luck to you!
All the best mate!
Hi Justin,
My name is Hoang and I am brother in law of Mr Mike from Wide Eyed Tours company. I wish you all the best.
I am Nguyen, brother of Ms Ha Pham from Wide Eyed Tours. Good luck to you!
Goodluck J.M !
Dear Justin,
Good luck!
Hi, go on Justin!
Great Project idea, you'll get it. I'm sure more people will vote for you. Good Luck!
Ray Chavez
Great Justin! Go and get it! Bonne chance!
I love what you're doing. I cannot do it myself, that's why I want to support you. Good luck man ;)
Let me know if you need an assistant mate. Good luck
Hope this helps
Good luck!
Hi Justin
I knew you thought I did'n see you up to now! It's my son - Hung (Henry), who gone with you to Delta Mekong last year in Vietnam.
I vote for you and hope to see you soon.
U have VNese 's votes man ! In it to win it !love u !
Success, man!
hey! Justin Timberlake :))
DOn''t give up ur dreams . Keep dreaming & achieve !
Good luck!
Babe , u rock !!! BTW , good job !
Good luck !
Nhat Le.
ur sounds pretty good
Go for it Justin!. Given the quality of your previous works I'm sure you´ll do an excellent work
Good luck, Justin! Que
Good luck
Good luck!
Good luck Justin Mott!
GO Go Mr Justin. Good luck from all Wide Eyed Tours staff and bosses.
all the best mate. luke - whl.travel
good on you dude.
Good luck!
Keep moving forward. Good luck my friend
U have VNese 's votes man ! In it to win it !love u !
good on you dude.
Keep moving forward. Good luck Justin-my favorite teacher!!!
Moew Meow. Good luck Justin oi!
good luck to you
Hope that you will win this race Justin.
Keep on trying J!
I am mother of Ms Ha Pham from Wide Eyed Tours. I am wishing you best luck Justin
man I love you!
Dream up Justin. God bless you!
Xin chao Justin. Keep up your hope.
We are Trungvuong school students
All the best J!
Off ya go, dude! G'luck.
The whole Trungvuong school vote for you, our talented teacher!
vas-y Justin!..
We are 6k1 students in Trungvuong.
Good luck, Justin
One of Miss Thuy's student
hi
A candidate for Raffles school.
Best of luck to ya from Istanbul. Rocks, trees, blah blah. ;-)
godd luck
If we can bond with animals, surely humanity can bond with their own species better and peacefully...so I am sure this Project narrative can spark the mindset. Best wishes Justin..! Thana (London)
hi
nice dream
i'm your student,and good luck
See you in Kennya! :D
Good Luck, teacher !!!!!!!
I love animals and don't want anybody to do harms to them. I'm so small and can do nothing. I want to vote for you and you help innocent animals.
i like this work. good luck for u
good luck,man!!!
I support you, we support you
Hope you win! xoxo
Oppa !!!!I love you...good luck, my teacher !!!
I hope you will win! Goood luck!
I'm your 'The watch goes on your face' student
I'm your student but I'm not vegetarian like you. I eat meat and still support you.
Goog luck mate. Cheers
Smile with the first prize! Everybody will support you! Good luck!
ur a great Photographer
done. good luck j.
I like your photos.
good job sir :D
A great ideal. Hope you will succeed with it :D
Jesus F. Christ, Justin. Why don't you just marry an emu.
Love your idea :D
Good luck, Justin! I'm Mrs. Thuy student. I hope you victory!
Good luck
Hope the best for you!GTV
Good boy!
I hope you win
loser
best wish for you!
good luck
I'm your student in your Sunday photo class.
I voted 4 u already, so if u got into the top 20, remember the party u promised ^^
I like your idea, check out mine and vote for me if you like it. Its about poverty and society in 3rd world countries and how they are controlled, devastated by their governments and western industrialized nations.
Go to take photos but remember to come back to your class. We'll miss you!
Good luck, your piccies are great. I have also updated my FB status as per your E mail.
:-)
best wish for you^^ i'm from mrs Thuy class
You are 2 in 1: an excellent teacher and a talented photographer. I like your English class.
Good luck!!!
Good luck.
So good to see the votes for you increasing every few minutes.
Hi Justin, All the best and hope you get selected. I think more attention needs to be paid to animal abuse withut having to resort to violence. A photo journal / book is an excellent means of geting the message out.
In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight
In the jungle, the quiet jungle, the lion sleeps tonight.
1 more vote for you from 6k1 Trungvuong school. I want to see you with a lot of photos of animals. I love animals but Mom asks me to eat meat. No, I dont like meat
My teacher said you like a mutt not a Chi hua hua?
Good luck, Justin! You deserve it!
Good luck, Justin! I will pray for your dream and wishing it will come true!
My mom and dad wish you good luck. Ah also my grandpa is trying to make an email to vote for you.
1 vote for you from Trungvuong teachers. Love to see more of your photos.
Good luck :) i'm on ur side on this!
Good luck Justin !
It sounds amazing.... I wish I could do it
Yeah Mott! Make it Happen! :)
good luck!
Good luck. I am sure you can do it. You've got all votes possible from me.
Kindest regards
Hey Justin,
It's very important to support the needs of friends - therefore, I have "cast a VOTE for you!"
Continued love to you,
tony
http://ynottony.com
Justin,
Great idea. I've seen your past work, and know you will tackle this subject with the same skill and heartfelt dedication that always come through in your photographs. You have my vote.
Best of luck
What a great idea. I hope you win!
My voting is limited to those that bring HOPE and yours definitely does. Best of luck!!
great idea my friend...i hope you can make it....cheers
Great job, Justin. Your passionate to the arts makes big impact to others.
Thuy/SF
hope you win, looks like the shutter sisters have a lot of support though,
Christian/NYC
Good Luck! How much would your Mom love having you around for a bit for this one!
Im all for you my friend. Good luck.
Follow your heart and win! I love ur idea.
I love the idea... go for it!
Can I be you assistant?
Great idea... Good luck great work as well
fantastic! keep up all the good work!
Do it up dude!!!!
Good luck J.
Live your dreams!
I support your dream, live it. tell it, and may we all learn and share your experience! remember us, when you're there :)
Good luck J.
Good Luck and hope to see some great photography between human and animals
Sure u'll win!GTV community
Fullfill your dream! Make a difference. And have fun doing it.
Good luck & besides you
Good luck! sincerely good idea & concept - Matthew, Hanoi
Vote for JM!
You're ROCK........... :D
You are my hero. I'll be more famous than you as a photographer in 20 years.
wow, ur votes are increasing rapidly, man :D unbelievable, seems like most of students from TV voted for u :D:D
Good luck to you
You are giving me a run! This is tense! Everyone I know is watching and IM'ing people at a rapid pace!
Thanks for the chance to vote, Justin. Done!
Good luck, Justin!
I hope you will be win!
All the best for you
nice idea, good luck, man!
good luck
good luck
I know that you will be win!
Good luck man
Voted. Good luck JM!
voted. All the bests!
I hope my vote for you is not too late J.
I vote for Justin. Good luck
vote ya..good luck
another vote for you J
1 more vote! Good luck
Be positive. More vote is coming for you from my family and friends. All the best.
Good luck Justin
pokeypea says ruff ruff way to go, thank you!
Fullfill your dream! Make a difference. And have fun doing it.
I'm fr. 7k1 n' u have our vote! every single member of our will vote for u
love u man!
Hi Justin,
I hope my vote for you is not futile.
a very big 'good luck' to you!
cool rank 4
gd luck =)
I wish you the best of luck, man. Just voted for you, hope it helps!
hi
Rank 2
A'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Nhanh wa
Very fast
MRS.thuy helps
Yeah, it's a good idea, i am really interested in your opinion
Good luck for you
good luck man...we are behind you all the way.
Each person has his own way to his love to animals and yours is a unique way. Waiting to see the photos.
Go ahead and best wishes for your career.
Good luck,Justin
nothing to say
forget it, help humans instead
awesome! our idea is similar!
we voted for you...if you voted for this assignment, please check out Project Moo Moo Meow!
as long as any project promoting a less violent world between humans and animals wins this assignment, we will be happy. :)
good luck!
go for it Justin!
You work is amazing! good luck! <3
good luck justin, i am sure u will win this :)
o My god!truot nhanh wa
WOW! Your votes rise fast! My whole family voted for you Justin!
Have a look at The Day the Dogs Stood Still... very compelling idea.
Our ideas are similar. I only submitted mine tonight so I won't win. I'll vote for you to win since I support your idea. I know some great sanctuaries to photgraph if you are interested.
bsuciu2
yhea man ...good luck