MAKE HOLLY HAPPY DAY

Please vote for Holly. She is truly an amazing woman and her photography is some of the best I've seen. Holly aka Cold Spaghetti is trying to win a contest to take pictures of families in Peru and India. If you have three minutes and want to make a dream come true read her message and vote for her project. She's passionate, real, and inspiring to me. It's an easy way to make Holly's day. Here's her blurb and instructions. I have entered a contest to win a "dream photography assignment." You may know of my passion for photography and global health -- and how I struggle with the power of the camera and using it respectfully when traveling in less developed areas of the world. My dream assignment is to re-visit some of the places I've worked and traveled with the purpose of providing portraiture sittings to families and then giving them a copy of the photograph. The few times when I have been able to gain enough trust to photograph a family and give back the photo, the impact has been absolutely tremendous. The purpose of this assignment is to give back. To make the photographs about giving, not about taking. It is the type of dream that would only happen through this kind of interesting opportunity, where voting can help decide the fate of the funds. I have the experience, contacts, personality, and know-how to do this. With the completion of my dissertation closing in, we will have the time and flexibility to make it happen. All is need is your help to get into the top 20 to have a chance to pitch my case to the judges. HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO … This is my "idea" page, where you can read about the assignment: http://www.nameyourdreamassignment.com/the-ideas/coldspaghetti/giving-back-a-treasure-providing-portraits-to-impoverished-families/Then you need to register (Click “register” in the box on the top right.) Check your email, click through the verification to bring you back to the main page of the website. You'll have to find my idea page again. Either by going directly back to my “idea” page, OR, by searching on my “name” — coldspaghetti. Once you are on my Idea Page, click the yellow “PIC” box. It is to the left of the assignment description, under the number of votes. It will change from “PIC” to “PIC’D” which means that you have successfully voted for me. Then leave me a message so I know you’ve voted. (This part makes me feel less insecure gives me warm fuzzies.) Extra bonus step… Spread the word to your friends, family, students, co-workers, kids, neighbors, mailman, hairdresser… and ask them to vote, too! More information? I talk about the assignment on my blog: http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog Also, you can view a small portion of some of my photography work at my professional website: http://www.fourleafcloverphotography.com/. THANK YOU thank you thank you... for your support, help, and spreading the word! Fondly, Holly