photomatopoeia

pho•to•mat•o•poe•ia | ˌfotoˌmatəˈpēə |

noun
the image of a subject associated with what is photographed

Words certainly evoke the imagination, yet it is photography that evokes emotion. With the idea of experiencing photography, I want to change the conversation from the technical to the emotional side of what makes a good picture. Ultimately, we photograph to record the human condition, and without emotion, it’s just another picture in the sea of a trillion photos.

2011 © mark gsellman | photojournalist

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  1. GROWING UP AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE: AN UPDATE ON MIKERLYN CHARLES Thinking back to the days just after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, 15-year-old Mikerlyn Charles says, “I thought I was going to die and look! I’m living!” Mikerlyn had reason to think she wouldn’t make it.  When her house starting shaking, she tried to get out, but her arm got caught in some curtains.  As she struggled to break free, concrete blocks fell on her arm and leg… Full Story

    GROWING UP AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE: AN UPDATE ON MIKERLYN CHARLES

    Thinking back to the days just after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, 15-year-old Mikerlyn Charles says, “I thought I was going to die and look! I’m living!” Mikerlyn had reason to think she wouldn’t make it.  When her house starting shaking, she tried to get out, but her arm got caught in some curtains.  As she struggled to break free, concrete blocks fell on her arm and leg… Full Story

     
     
  2. INSPIRED BY THE DOCTORS WHO SAVED HIM, JORDANI PLANS FOR HIS FUTURE The day the earthquake hit Haiti, Jordani Police was playing just outside his house, by his father, Benjamin, who was working on his sewing machine.  His older brother, Adonija, was doing his homework a few feet away.  When Adonija began complaining about his work, his mother called him into the house.  “The minute I called him,” she remembers, “the wall fell, exactly over the place he had been sitting.”  Jordani’s mother immediately knew the Lord had saved Adonija’s life, but she didn’t know where Jordani was.  “I started screaming, ‘Where is my baby, where is my baby,’” she says.  Finally they found Jordani, who was only five years old, under the collapsed wall.  A brick had fallen onto his leg, breaking his foot.  “The Lord saved my whole family,” says Jordani’s mother… Full story

    INSPIRED BY THE DOCTORS WHO SAVED HIM, JORDANI PLANS FOR HIS FUTURE

    The day the earthquake hit Haiti, Jordani Police was playing just outside his house, by his father, Benjamin, who was working on his sewing machine.  His older brother, Adonija, was doing his homework a few feet away.  When Adonija began complaining about his work, his mother called him into the house.  “The minute I called him,” she remembers, “the wall fell, exactly over the place he had been sitting.”  Jordani’s mother immediately knew the Lord had saved Adonija’s life, but she didn’t know where Jordani was.  “I started screaming, ‘Where is my baby, where is my baby,’” she says.  Finally they found Jordani, who was only five years old, under the collapsed wall.  A brick had fallen onto his leg, breaking his foot.  “The Lord saved my whole family,” says Jordani’s mother… Full story

     
     
  3. A tunneled view of a Port-au-Prince hillside.

    A tunneled view of a Port-au-Prince hillside.

     
     
  4. It’s all about the children. They will inherit the earth. If they are treated well and are happy, they will transform the world around them. “Raising children who transform nations.” -COTN.  Pretty simple concept.

    It’s all about the children. They will inherit the earth. If they are treated well and are happy, they will transform the world around them. “Raising children who transform nations.” -COTN.  Pretty simple concept.

     
     
  5. A volunteer pediatrician with a Children of the Nations (COTN) medical team listens intently to a child’s breathing with a stethoscope during a field visit, Nov 2011. The team visited villages COTN supports in the Dominican Republic.

    A volunteer pediatrician with a Children of the Nations (COTN) medical team listens intently to a child’s breathing with a stethoscope during a field visit, Nov 2011. The team visited villages COTN supports in the Dominican Republic.

     
     
  6. Arrival at Casa Betesda in Barahona and meeting the whole team, preparing for Haiti.

    Arrival at Casa Betesda in Barahona and meeting the whole team, preparing for Haiti.

     
     
  7. Driving through and out of Santo Domingo heading toward Barahona.

    Driving through and out of Santo Domingo heading toward Barahona.

     
     
  8. Arrival to the heat and the masses in Santo Domingo.

    Arrival to the heat and the masses in Santo Domingo.