Our goal is to reflect honesty, sensitivity, and
intelligence
in photojournalism, and to use
these as tools to inspire,
educate, and
promote change in the world around us.
Our Work
Truth With a Camera Workshop Blog Where Will You Find Truth?
Final selects of student work: Guadalajara
Truth With A Camera Workshop: Guadalajara Students
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Cuidarte
Works to prevent violence in the home through education of children, teens and adults.
Photos by Nestori Virtanen
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Mayama
Group that helps provide recreation for group homes and other non-profits who don’t have ability to provide recreation. Focus is on Tae-Kwan-Do for group homes.
Photos by José Marcías Barba
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Kamami
Group home for girls who are victims of sexual or other violence.
Photos by Reneé Munson
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CODENI
Children’s rights collective. (works with many families who’s kids work in the streets)
Photos by Jesse Hutcheson
Photos by Kevin Kovaleski
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MAMA
Provides homes and education for children living in the streets.
Photos by Megan Newton
Photos by Jaime Martin Ramirez
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FM-4 Paso Libre
Works with central american migrants as they pass through Guadalajara.
http://pasolibrefm4.blogspot.com/
Photos by Ivonne Ojeda De La Torre
Photos by Joseph Smooke
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Escuela Helen Keller
School for blind children.
Photos byAndrea Diaz Hernandez
Photos by Joseph Cardella
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Unidos
Group that works with handicap individuals (physical and mental) and partners each person with disability with an able person.
Photos by Patricia Quiroga Castro
Photos by Philip Andrews
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Mi Gran Esperanza
Helping kids with cancer and their families.
http://www.migranesperanza.org/site/
Photos by Sara Naomi Lewkowicz
Photos by Sara Mullen
Photos by Minerva Navarro Zamudio
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IMDEC
This is the oldest NGO in Guadalajara. They are working with a community living beside a polluted river and ground water.
Photos by Renée Deemer
Photos by Horus Sandoval Rico
The first University of Missouri Photo Workshop, in 1949, was referred to as an “experiment in photographic education.” The director, Clifton C. Edom, had one rule: “Show Truth With A Camera.” No posing. No manipulation of the facts.
Cliff was influenced by Lewis Hine, Jacob Riis and the Farm Security Administration and their role in documenting social problems. Since that time thousands of photojournalists have educated us about war, hunger, violence and abuse around the world.
“Documentary photography”, wrote Cliff, “is the background, the roots, of modern photojournalism.” He spoke of the necessity to keep up with new technologies, but he emphasized the importance of ethics in documenting society and contributing to social justice.
Dr. Vme Edom Smith, Director and Secretary
The Edom Foundation for Photojournalism Education
TRUTH WITH A CAMERA STUDENTS AND STAFF!! I have so much admiration and respect for each one of you and the work you have completed! I feel that Cliff and Vi Edom would be so proud. I remember their first workshop, 1949…exactly 60 years ago. You are taking Photojournalism to new heights. Technical advances are one thing…you have all taken Photojournalism way beyond technical advances to greater sensitivity, depth, idealism and social justice. You all bring an inner maturity, a real sense of the intelligent photograher, the
example of a complete human being. Together we will continue to search and evolve to be the best we can be in “Seeing” and helping brothers and sisters all over the world! I can’t wait to have you all as guests in my home soon where we can eat our usual frosted chocolate cake with icing that says, TRUTH WITH A CAMERA WORKSHOP! LOVE, Vme
Wow, there are some amazing and powerful images in these collections. Congratulations on a job well done!