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Applications for TGL: Nicaragua are Open!
Posted on: November 18th, 2011 | 0 Comments
We're pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for TGL: Nicaragua! Applications can be found here. We're looking for anybody with a heart for helping others and a desire to go abroad. Your photography skills can be at any level! From beginners to pros, Colby's workshops will be amazing and you'll come back a better photographer - and maybe a different person, as well. Here's what you can expect: - we will be staying in a comfortable, mid-range hotel in Granada, Nicaragua - we will be working alongside Empowerment International, helping run their photography program that works with at-risk and underpriveledged youth. - you'll get to know the kids, and help them learn from Colby and yourself (in as much as your ability allows) - we'll tour around Granada and the beautiful countryside, taking in Colby's expertise as a professional photographer. - you'll come back having been a positive influence in these kids lives - you'll come back a better photographer having learned from Colby during his workshops - you'll experience the culture, language, food, music and more in a way you never could from a fancy resort or private rental. - you'll be supporting Empowerment International and their work, both financially with your trip fees, and also by showing up and telling these kids they are worth it! If this sounds up your alley, consider applying to TGL: Nicaragua!
The Giving Lens: Nicaragua
Posted on: November 6th, 2011 | 1 Comments
The team here at TGL is unbelievably excited to announce our first official photo education trip: Nicaragua! We’re teaming up with Empowerment International to work alongside underprivileged youth in Granada. These youth will be learning how to express themselves and their stories through photography, as a means of self-expression, therapy, communication, and as a creative outlet. Working with these youth, the team will follow Colby through the exciting and amazing culture and countryside of Nicaragua, from colonial downtown cores, to the rolling countryside, to volcanoes, barrios, and more.
Who and What is TGL?
Posted on: November 6th, 2011 | 0 Comments
The Giving Lens is the brainchild of photographer Colby Brown, a professional landscape and humanitarian photographer. As Colby traveled around the world, he became more and more challenged by the poverty and desperation he was experiencing. He became very aware that he was in a privledge place in this world and felt the need to share what he had, both in time, in money, and in skill. He wracked his brain thinking of a way he could use his photography to make a difference. After working in post earthquake Haiti, he co-founded Lespwa Haiti, an organization that provides a free service to small NGO's on the ground doing amazing work, allowing them to raise more money and connect with donors unlike ever before.
Welcome! Buenos Dias! Jambo! Goeiedag! Hej! Salut!
Posted on: November 6th, 2011 | 3 Comments
The whole team here at TGL is thrilled to announce the launch of our new website, The Giving Lens. So welcome! Here at TGL you will find news on all our upcoming photo education trips, and how you can be involved either from home, or with us in the field! There’s lots to do, and so many people to help, so we’re ready to get underway and start making a tangible difference in some of the poorest places in the world. Not to mention we get to combine our biggest passions into one amazing journey: travel, photography, and giving back. Who could ask for more? Not us. We’re humbled. we’re excited. We’re passionate. We’re committed. We’re ready. Are you?