ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 12月2日 07時45分
Photo: @stevewinterphoto Thanksgiving, the day for giving thanks is behind us, but it’s never too late to acknowledge what you’re thankful for in life. Below is my excerpt from the @ナショナルジオグラフィック Proof article “10 National Geographic Photographers Give Thanks for the Photos that Changed Them”. I gave thanks for an experience that required me to give back, and in the end I still received more from volunteering than I bargained for. Read more about that experience below.
And don’t forget tomorrow is #GivingTuesday, a global day for dedicated to giving back. Have you thought about how you can give back?
When I was 17-years-old, I volunteered at an orphanage in Central Mexico. Later, when I was striking out on my own as a photographer, I heard the same orphanage also had a home and hospice for children in Haiti. I decided to go and give something back by photographing a story to bring awareness and funding. In Port-au-Prince, many of the children at the orphanage had been abandoned on the doorstep of Mother Teresa’s Sisters of Charity. Families had no money nor means to care for these children. When I first met the boy in the Mickey Mouse shirt he hadn’t spoken for six weeks – he was so traumatized by the experience.
To be able to photograph the sisters at work, I first had to work at the hospice and clinic to show that I was serious about what I was doing. Those were the rules. Working in these various aid centers brought out emotions deep inside me. The last day I was there I took this portrait of some of the kids I got to know. The little boy with the mouse on his shirt spoke that day and gave me a hi-five when I left. I will always remember this, and my time in Haiti, with great joy. I received so much more than I could ever give back. It was a life changing experience. Thank you.—Steve Winter
Please visit proof.nationalgeographic.com to see more photographs and read touching personal stories by other National Geographic photographers @ジョン・スタンメイヤー @paulnicklen @stephsinclairpix @CarstenPeter @nickngs @maggiesteber @jimmy_chin @ErikaELarson and Lynn Johnson #GivingTuesday #AyitiCheri #Haiti #volunteer #kids #orphans
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