Tiana Markova-Gold: Fondation des Jeunes Haitiennes Optimistes
Written by Tom-WhiteFirstly, thanks to all at Duckrabbit for allowing me some space here on the blog…
Last year Lucy Helton, Tiana Markova-Gold, and myself (Tom White) set up Sombra Projects as a platform for documentary photography and socially conscious art. This in itself was born out of numerous collaborative projects with our immediate community and was our attempt to create a formal organisation for these efforts. While we three are the current administrators, our inaugural exhibition at the New York Photo Festival involved the hard work of many people, and this is the spirit in which we aim to continue. Our goal is to facilitate projects that are not just showcases, but collaborations where the viewer, the subject and the photographer/artist/journalist are all part of a community and involved in the discussion. Recently we have started producing a series of projects updated monthly and available as pdf downloads from our website.
Our latest pdf is of Tiana’s recent work with The Fondation des Jeunes Haitiennes Optimistes in Haiti, a country she has a long standing relationship with both photographically and personally. The FJHO was founded in September 2009 by Jocelyne Firmin to help Haitian girls develop leadership skills, build self-esteem and reinforce their human dignity.
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With an eye to the future, we are always keen to link up with people for possible collaborations – you can contact us at info@sombraprojects.com. You can also sign up to our mailing list – subscribe@sombraprojects.com – to receive updates and regular downloads of our featured projects.