2011 grant back on track after catastrophic weather hits region.
January 26, 2012
We’re happy to announce that the project with Friendship Bridge is back on schedule after a delay due to catastrophic weather conditions forced us to postpone the shoot in November. Now that the region and Friendship Bridge has had a chance to recover from the series of storms that made roads impassable and travel nearly impossible, we’re preparing for the shoot this March.
Photographer Ben Rasmussen, who was recently featured in a Photo District News article highlighting his personal work, will be traveling with Friendship Bridge’s Marketing and Communications Manager, Julie Malmberg throughout the western highlands, lowlands and peri-urban regions of Guatemala with the goal of telling the stories of the people and the environment they inhabit.
We plan to post updates as we lead up to the assignment as well updates while on assignment. The goal is to give followers a sense of what a shoot like this entails both logistically and creatively.
For more information on Friendship Bridge please click here and to learn more about photographer Ben Rasmussen click here.
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Project Update 10/18/11
October 18, 2011
With the project start date less than a week away we got this message earlier today via our partners at Friendship Bridge:
Emergency Message to U.S. Citizens
October 17, 2011
Dear American Citizen:
The following is an Emergency Message for U.S. citizens regarding in-country travel.
Due to continuing severe weather conditions throughout Guatemala, the Embassy
strongly recommends that U.S. citizens postpone all in-country travel until the weather improves and landslides are cleared. This includes travel on roads and highways that traditionally have been less affected by seasonal rains. The recent heavy rains mean that water saturation in the mountains is high and more landslides could occur.
Even when the rain stops you should obtain updated information and verify that the
route that you will transit is safe before departing. We recommend that you inform a
friend, family member or colleague of your plans and let them know when you have
reached your destination.
So in light of the current conditions on the ground in Guatemala we have decided to postpone the project until the situation stabilizes and travel becomes feasible again. In the meantime, we’ll be making posts to the blog to keep everyone up to date on the latest.
Tim Ryan
Founder, Project Exposure
