Photo courtesy of charity: water It was August. I remember roaming through my backyard—lost in thought. I was searching for something that evaded me…some big idea, some grand reason, some great inspiration. I’d lost my motivation to do this thing called THE APERTURE EFFECT, and I was hoping to find […]
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My Conversation With Charity: Water Founder Scott Harrison
Photo courtesy of charity: water NOTHING IS CRAZY. That was charity: water’s theme for the year, meaning we all should do whatever it takes to help the 663 million people around the world without clean water…no matter how crazy. Skydive. Sell lemonade. Grow a beard. Ride a bike. Do anything, […]
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Many of you know Jeri Ruetz, who handles all the important details of scheduling photo sessions, creating contracts, and securing payments. In short, she keeps me sane. I was stoked when she drafted the following blog post. It’s always exciting to see others get equally pumped about helping people in need. I’m […]
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Her name’s Jean. In 2005, she lived in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans—until Hurricane Katrina surged through in August and forced her, her husband, and her two grandkids to evacuate. The Lower Ninth was hit the hardest by the storm—or at least ignored the longest by city officials […]
Read MoreChop Wood. Carry Water. Show Up.
Last week, we launched THE APERTURE EFFECT here at Joetography—raising money again for Charity: Water to build wells and bring safe drinking water to impoverished people around the world. It nearly didn’t happen this year. It just wasn’t there…the passion. I kept looking for it to arrive, but it never […]
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