Blue Earth Alliance

Profile

Blue Earth believes documentary photography can inspire positive change. We support visual storytelling on critical environmental and social issues through direct assistance to photographers and a collaborative community of professionals.The link between compelling documentary photography and our collective motivation to change attitudes, behavior, even policies is strong. Eddie Adamss Pulitzer Prizewinning photograph of a Vietcong execution in Saigon forever changed how the world viewed the Vietnam War. Brazilian photojournalist Sebastio Salgados images of the impoverished portray human life with fresh dignity and compassion. Maintaining this link is central to the mission of Blue Earth.Through our support of Photography that Makes a Difference, Blue Earth has helped raise almost a million dollars for important issues often overlooked by traditional media--The Arctic. Global warming. The loss of open space in Los Angeles. Racism suffered by farmers. Disappearing traditions of New Engl