Tips for Healthy Hair
So this month, I thought we’d feature some “healthy hair remedies” because Aries, after all, rules the head. And another reason is that I get to show you one of my favorite new images from New York photographer Melissa Lynn. I absolutely love this image she showed me recently at the ASMP Fine Art Portfolio reviews, and was determined to use it in this month’s bulletin, especially as I also discovered that Melissa is an Aries – how perfect!
© Melissa Lynn
Devilled Eggs
So you may have thought I might give you something with chocolate for this month’s recipe, but instead I decided to stay with our egg theme instead and bring you something simple yet classic and easy to make for entertaining – Devilled Eggs! Everyone’s got their own special spin on this family classic, so here are a few suggestions to liven up those hard-boiled treats!
Be sure to check out this month’s article for the Features section on PhotoServe with fine art photographer Art Murphy. Read the interview by clicking on this link: Art Murphy March2011
Devonian Fossil, © Art Murphy
With this month’s theme being “War” it was a perfect opportunity to show you photographers who are photojournalists. I have so much admiration for the work they do and the images they capture. For instance, many of you may have seen the recent NY Times Blog post “You Might Die Tonight” on the four photojournalists who were captured in Libya.
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/22/you-might-die-tonight/
It is a terrifying read, and yet, not long after their safe return, one of them, and the only woman of the group Lynsey Addario, said she’s sure she will cover another war – “It’s What I Do!” More power to her!
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/30/lynsey-addario-its-what-i-do/
And now for this month’s photographers, ladies first!
Alison Wright
First up is Alison Wright, a photographer I met through my friend Keith Barraclough, and I was very taken with her beautiful, bold work. When she’s not traveling the globe on behalf of National Geographic for example, she spends time working on her non-profit foundation “The Faces of Hope Fund” about which she says, “As a documentary photographer, I regularly travel world-wide and bear witness almost on a daily level to the dire needs and situations of the children of each of these countries. When you hear that over 230,000 were killed in an earthquake, the numbers are almost too much for us to comprehend. But when you look into the eyes of one child, the situation becomes more personal. My aim is to not only bring a face to the place and raise social conscious awareness, but to also see if there’s some financial assistance I can bring to the communities that I’ve worked in that have touched me so deeply.” Another of the projects Alison is involved with is “Ripple Effect Images” whose mission is to raise awareness and funding to help empower women and girls in emerging nations around the world. Ripple Effect’s extraordinary team of journalists includes not only Alison, but also Lynsey Addario (already mentioned in my introduction above) Ami Vitale and Annie Griffiths, to name but a few. Great work ladies! http://www.Facesofhope.org/&http://rippleeffectimages.org/
Afghanistan, © Alison Wright
Aries, the Ram