Home: A World Apart
Stock Photography from gary s chapman on Vimeo. Photographing spinning gears, happy couples running on a pristine beach, or creating the illusion of birds flying in a perfect arrow formation are a definite departure from my work as an NGO-humanitarian photographer. This is conceptual stock photography and a world apart from the images of human [...]
World: Identity
Pakistani woman and child living in a tent city after the earthquake in 2005 destroyed her home. Click on the video below to see the short promo piece I did to showcase our NGO, Humanitarian work. Identity-Humanitarian Photography from gary s chapman on Vimeo. All material ©Copyright Gary S. Chapman
Visitors: First 100
One year, one-hundred portrait sessions, 114 visitors (actually 115 since one was pregnant)! The first 100 in one year of shooting is over. We had planned to quit, but realize what a fun community has been created. Quitting now is not an option. We thank each and every one of our visitors. It was a [...]
Ethiopia: Benji Update
From Kevin Turner, SWI.org: “While we were able to keep Benji from prison, it was clearly God’s will that he go back to the refugee camp. His malaria, typhoid and severe malnutrition were treated and he was able to eat many good meals. He went back to the refugee camp, not as a refugee, but [...]
Hawaii: Class salutes David
Last year David duChemin of www.pixelatedimage.com and I had a great time teaching at the School of Photography, University of the Nations, Hawaii. This year he wasn’t able to make it but, nevertheless, his wisdom is still being imparted to the new students via his book, Within the Frame. It is required reading for all. Vivian and [...]
Pakistan: Eyewitness to Violence
A few days before our last trip to Pakistan, we listened to our friend recount, via Skype, the horrors of two attacks on Christian colonies. More than 150 houses were destroyed. At least eight persons were killed. I only have this recording of his words because I was testing a new small recorder I planned [...]
Pakistan: Multi-media
This is a multi-media piece about persecuted Christians in Pakistan, created in Final Cut Studio Motion. Click on the photo below to launch the project in Vimeo.
Kenya: Orphans
Miriam Wanjekeche is 26 years old and giving her life to 10 adoptive children. In this 3-minute video she speaks about her children and the hope she has for them. The still photos were shot at her home as well as three other homes we visited. Click on the photo above to view the hi-resolution [...]
The World: Taking Your Kids
“Take your children to work day” takes on a whole new meaning when you are on assignment half way around the world and one of your kids is still in diapers. Click on the multi-media piece above where my wife shares our family experiences traveling and working with our kids in tow.
Kenya: Originally headed for Darfur
I was supposed to be heading into Darfur. Then chaos and violence erupted in Kenya. No fuel was available for our charter plane. Instead of canceling the trip we decided to try and aid the IDP’s (Internally Displace Persons) that had fled from the fighting and were now seeking refuge in large camps around the [...]
Mexico: Not So Different
She has raised 14 children in a one-room home made of sticks and mud, without water or electricity, during her 85 years of life. To see more of her village and people go to www.garyschapman.com/mexico.mov Or, if you have a slow internet connection, try this lower resolution version at www.garyschapman.com/mexico_low.mov ©Copyright Gary S. Chapman (45mm [...]
Cairo: One Child at a Time
What can you do when there are thousands and thousands of Sudanese refugee children in great need? “I’m just one person,” we all say. “The need is too great.” “What skills do I have?” Or God forbid that we do not even acknowledge the problem and just turn and look the other way. These are [...]
Egypt:Never too Old
Doc Charlie is 75 years old and after 50 years of active medical work he has not settled into the typical life of ease and retirement. Recently he chose to go to Cairo, Egypt to provide healthcare for over 2,300 Sudanese refugee children. Many thousands of Sudanese have fled their country and the war that [...]
Pakistan: The Imam Comes
It is so rare for a Christian to be asked into the home of a Muslim and to be given tea and food. It is rarer still for guests to be allowed to speak with openness about their lives and who Jesus is to them. But this conversation was swiftly brought to a close when [...]
Pakistan: Faces
The crowd was huge. There were more men waiting to receive the relief aid than there was actual aid. There was pushing, shoving and angry venting of frustrations. This man silently waited. And waited. Names were called and men picked up food to take to their families. This man went home with nothing. There just [...]
Nepal: Evil eye
A protective mother in Nepal would never think of letting her child go out in public without black kohl makeup around their eyes. It is believed the kohl will shield the child from the dangers of the evil eye. The kohl can have a powerful effect, but not in the way the parent intended. Unfortunately, [...]
Hyderabad, India: Prayer
The heat, the flies, the people next to her…nothing distracted her from her conversation with God. She did not move a muscle. Others clapped, cried, and swayed to the music. In the crowd of over 400 Bible school students, she was alone with God. She stayed that way for the longest time and I kept [...]