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November 24, 2010 by heber vega
Photography for Good! The ONE-SHOT Project.
I’ve been waiting for quite some time to write about this project. First I was waiting for the wonderful community at IGVP to launch their website back in July, and then because I was really busy working my last month in Iraq. I could hardly wait to be back in Chile to blog about it. [...]Archive
August 23, 2010 by heber vega
Approaching Storytelling in your Photography. (3 Tips!)
These photographs are from my third day at Remedy Mission, which was Friday. It was a long day, being that I woke up at 6:30 a.m. and I got back home at 11:30 p.m. During my third day I had to change my strategy towards getting the photographs for Preemptive Love. Why? Because it was [...]Archive
August 20, 2010 by heber vega
Working on Remedy Mission – Day 2 – Photographs
I’m leaving home in a few minutes, because today I will be in surgery for the first time. Yesterday I documented another procedure with one of the surgeons, but today is something totally different and far more complicated. The other thing that’s special about today’s surgery is that I’m following the story behind this patient. [...]Archive
August 19, 2010 by heber vega
Working on Remedy Mission – Photographs
It’s my first day of shooting for the Remedy Mission by Preemptive Love in Iraq, and I’m so exhausted! If you haven’t heard about this Remedy, please check my last post here, or better yet, go to Preemptive Love’s website. My first conclusion is this: You’ve got to be strong to work among these children, especially [...]Archive
August 16, 2010 by heber vega
Working on a Remedy in Iraq!
Since I started working as photographer for humanitarian organizations, Preemptive Love has been always there for me, hiring me and therefore letting me be part of its lifesaving activities. I’m so proud of their work among the Iraqi children. As I said in this post about Jeremy Courtney(PLC CEO), I’ve witnessed the growth of this [...]Archive
July 18, 2010 by heber vega
Working for the Family Center in Rapareen – Iraq
Beside being a photographer, I am also a humanitarian aid worker. I’m currently working on a wide variety of developmental programs. The last couple weeks I’ve been photographing our work through a Family Center, located in northern Iraq. In that Center we provide different social programs to the local community. As you probably have read [...]Archive
June 23, 2010 by heber vega
Photographs from Prosperity Candle – Slideshow
After yesterday’s post, some of my friends and readers were asking for more photographs of this assignment, so I have uploaded a bunch in Flickr and here you have a short slideshow. I hope you like them, but even more, I do hope that you can help these women by purchasing one of those beautiful [...]Archive
June 22, 2010 by heber vega
Prosperity Candle and the story of Waffa…
You don’t believe in social media? Don’t value having a Flickr account, per se? No, today I’m NOT going to talk about the power of networking on the Internet, but I AM going to tell you the story behind my last assignment. How is that related to social media? Well, the way I met [...]Archive
April 14, 2010 by heber vega