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ok, so I am packing for a week in NYC to present at BlogHer 2010 about my work around access to clean water last summer in Africa and India. Then I will be going straight on to Haiti to document what is happening there with the world water crisis, access to clean water and the state of people's lives in accordance with these issues.

After the photo exhibit from last summer's work titled "Waves of Change" rolled out in June, I was contacted and then contracted by Changents and P&G to present in NYC, blog about my experience as a frontline worker in this field, and then go to Kenya to document the work that CDSW's Dr Greg Algood is doing with partners like the Agha Khan Foundation and others in Kenya.

I am excited to be working in ways that I only dreamed about a few years ago, and that I am able to work in a meaningful way. Meeting many of the people that I have and will be working with is such an amazing experience.

I will also be writing for "Water Dispatches" at the Calgary Herald, and when I can squeezing in a blog entry or two here.

JUST CONFIRMED - Haiti in August

Just recieved an email, will be going to Haiti during the month of August to document people's lives in conjunction with clean water! This is to collect more imagery for CAWST and the Waves of Change project and we will be partnering with PAIDEH, an NGO operating in Haiti. Can't wait! Melanie and I will be working with Olivier Mills the CAWST technical adviser for Haiti. I am so excited and will start doing more research right away!

The Situation

It has been a wonderful beginning to 2010. Contacted by directer Terry Miles in early January to do still photography for his wonderful feature titled "A Night for Dying Tigers". The ensemble cast was amazing to work with and included Jennifer Beals, Gil Bellows, John Pyper-Ferguson, Lauren Lee-Smith, Kathleen Robertson, Tygh Runyan, Leah Gibson, and Sarah Lind and even more! Shooting wrapped Feb 5th.

Since then the Olympics have taken over! Currently working on booking headshots and pre-production on the upcoming "Make Waves of Change" exhibit, website and exhibit debut in Calgary on the 8th of June. For more info check out www.makewavesofchange.org

Also in the planning stage for Haiti in August. Originally planning to go in May, it has been pre-empted until August. This trip will be to collect more imagery for the Waves of Change Water Project in conjunction with CAWST.

Water Stories Update

Currently Melanie Jones and myself are in pre-production mode for the upcoming exhibits in Calgary beginning this June. After returning from India in early September I had over 13,000 images to post edit. We have had 2 production meetings with CAWST, STRUT and all those on the exhibit committee and will be meeting again end November. I am now in the midst of choosing the images and coming up with an exhibit blueprint that we will use for the exhibits in Calgary, the online website and galleries, as well as an eventual packaged traveling exhibit in slideshow format. We are lucky to be working with Strut creative in Calgary and with their support and that of the Exhibit Committee I am really excited about the project.

Coupled with that we are planning our field visit to Haiti in early 2010 to do some more documenting. This is all funded by CAWST, The Rotary Club, and CIDA...Stay tuned!