Humanizing Hospitals Through Healing Photo Art
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Placing Healing Art Where It’s Needed Most
Nature images can help heal the soul, which in turn helps heal the body.
White, cold, sterile walls exemplify the traditional hospital setting, where stress, pain, fear and loneliness abound. Staring at these empty walls is boring and depressing. The mood changes when our beautiful nature photos are placed on the walls, providing color, comfort, and hope to patients, caregivers, and loved ones.
The Foundation for Photo/Art in Hospitals was established in the USA in 2002 by photographer Elaine Poggi, who turned her personal tragedy of the loss of her mother into a worldwide campaign to bring photos of nature to hospitals.
Offering an extensive portfolio of nature photos ranging from tropical beaches to Japanese cherry blossoms to the Tuscan hills, donated by Elaine and other photographers from all corners of the world, the nonprofit Foundation seeks funding to cover printing, framing, and shipping expenses so that the cost to hospitals is minimal or none at all.
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Cristina Brizi, Contributing Photographer
Welcome to our new Contributing Photographer, Cristina Brizi!
Cristina comments, “I am proud to be part of Elaine’s Healing Photo Art project. For me, photography is a silent narrative that connects people through invisible words. Within spaces of care, the delicacy of a flower, the gentle curves of a landscape, or the power of a sea wave are transformed into ever-new emotions, because the gaze — and the heart — of each observer is always new.”
Mike Endres, Contributing Photographer
Enjoy this lovely photo taken by Mike Endres, our new Contributing Photographer!
Mike comments, “I ran across Elaine’s organization quite by accident but I’m so glad I did. Having spent my career in the Army as a RN I’ve often been able to witness first-hand how good photography can take a person out of their current situation and give them hope in themselves and the world. I look forward to continuing to work with this organization and support the good that they do.”
Mike Endres, Little Wing Photo