Leah Giesler: The 25twenty-five Project

25 non-profits in South America at 25 years old

I noticed Leah Giesler following me on Twitter, and visiting her website I found a young woman from Philadelphia undertaking a wonderful project – traveling across South America taking photographs for 25 non-profit organizations while she’s 25 years old. I’m pleased to present a selection from her series in Colombia.

“My motivation for the 25twenty-five Project comes from my interest in finding creative, effective forms to adapt the way we Westerners look at others around the world. After completing a project working to this end with images from India, I wanted to move onto a new challenge and tackle the misunderstood and under-imagined continent of South America. So, I created the 25twenty-five Project in order to educate and engage audiences over the course of one year and ask the question, how much do North Americans really know about this ‘other America’?”

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