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On May 15th Aday.org asks you and people all around the world to pick up your cameras and picture what is close to you. In this unique photographic event, hundreds of thousands of people will work together to create a unique documentation of daily life. Professionals, amateurs, school children, farmers, social media fans, astronauts and office workers. Cell phone camera, Hasselblad, homemade or borrowed. Aday.org is looking for the perspectives of everyone who enjoys photography. The goal is to inspire perspectives on humankind – today and tomorrow. All images will be displayed online for you and everyone to explore. Some of them will be selected for a book, others will be displayed in digital exhibitions. Every single one will be saved for future research and inspiration. Let a part of your life inspire generations to come. Share your perspective! Read more about the project and sign up to participate. Take your photos…
We are pleased to announce three MediaStorm projects were honored in the 2012 Best of Photojournalism awards. A Thousand More received first prize in Web Sites: Feature Multimedia Story and Honorable Mention in Web Sites: Best Use of the Web. A family is determined to give their disabled son a whole and vital life. In the midst of a great burden, one small child – with a seemingly endless supply of love – is the blessing that holds a family together. Surviving the Peace received Honorable Mention in Web Site: Feature Multimedia. Surviving the Peace takes an intimate look at the impact of unexploded bombs left over from the Vietnam war in Laos and profiles the dangerous, yet life saving work, that MAG has undertaken in the country. The Gulf Spill received Honorable Mention in Web Sites: Multimedia Package. On April 20, 2010 an explosion tore through the Deepwater Horizon, an oil…
MediaStorm is collaborating with photographer Maggie Steber on a Kickstarter campaign to produce and distribute her new project Rite of Passage, a short documentary about her mother's struggle with dementia. Visit the Kickstarter campaign now. The Project Maggie Steber was an only child. Madje Steber was a single parent. They were all the family they had and it wasn't easy. Madje was divorced by the time Maggie was just six months old. Strong and independent, Madje raised her daughter in Austin, Texas. She had a keen awareness about what others might be thinking at a time when being a young single mother was often viewed as a scarlet letter. Their tiny house had strict rules and a formality that rubbed Maggie the wrong way, especially during her teenage years. Their relationship was strained with arguments and threats to move out. At the age of twenty-one, Maggie finally did. "I had to leave,"…
The following 10 images are the images that you may choose from for your $1000 pledge to the Rites of Passage Kickstarter campaign. Your image will be printed at 11x14 and signed by Maggie Steber. Five of the photos are from the Madge series and five are from the Haiti series. Madge Series Madge 1 Madge 2 Madge 3 Madge 4 Madge 5 Haiti Series Haiti1 Haiti 2 Haiti 3 Haiti 4 Haiti 5 Go to the Kickstarter Campaign now.