chasco83
03-15-2011, 09:53 PM
Good Day,
I'm Charlie Cotugno, a portrait photographer in the Seattle area. In 2005 I began creating portraits of kids and adults on the autism spectrum, each accompanied with a story about how autism had affected their lives and those of their families. I began the project because my son, now twelve, had been diagnosed with autism at age three. My goal was to raise awareness in my community in the hope that he, and other people on the spectrum, might have a better chance of being accepted and included and have a more fulfilled life.
To my surprise, this became much bigger and more popular than I ever expected. What I thought would be about ten portraits in coffee shops now includes over fifty portraits and stories, has been featured in lots of the industry mags and websites, been covered regularly on Seattle TV stations, and been in constant exhibit. It's also now a small non-profit organization with the mission of increasing awareness, acceptance, and inclusion through portraiture.
Next month, April, is Autism Awareness Month. My goal has always been to include photographers and subjects from around the world in creating portraits and contributing to the awareness cause. So I figured this April is as good as any other to get more people involved and feature some outstanding portraiture.
The photographic community has always been an amazing group of supportive people and I'm hoping some of you would like to participate in Stories of Autism Awareness Weekend, April 16th and 17th. Over that weekend photographers, people on the autism spectrum and their families will get together and create images that tell us a little something about them. The resulting portraits will become part of the Stories of Autism project. The photos will be on our website and may be used in exhibition with full credit and a link to your website. My goal is to have at least fifty photographers participate. (Note, if you're not available that weekend, that's okay. The real deadline is to have all portraits submitted by 4/29.)
You can learn all the details by clicking here (http://www.storiesofautism.com/#/register-soa-photographers/) or you can go to our main page at www.storiesofautism.com (http://www.storiesofautism.com). Whichever link you use, please be sure to look over the site so you can see what this is all about. If you want to participate, simply click on the link for photographers to find more details and register. There's also a video that you may find helpful.
Thanks in advance for your interest. if you have any questions you can reply to this thread or email me at the address in my signature. Your kindness will be greatly appreciated and help make a difference for millions of people with autism.
Best Regards,
__________________
Charlie
Charles Cotugno Photography
Stories of Autism
Woodinville, WA
cc@cotugnophoto.com
www.storiesofautism.com
www.cotugnophoto.com
I'm Charlie Cotugno, a portrait photographer in the Seattle area. In 2005 I began creating portraits of kids and adults on the autism spectrum, each accompanied with a story about how autism had affected their lives and those of their families. I began the project because my son, now twelve, had been diagnosed with autism at age three. My goal was to raise awareness in my community in the hope that he, and other people on the spectrum, might have a better chance of being accepted and included and have a more fulfilled life.
To my surprise, this became much bigger and more popular than I ever expected. What I thought would be about ten portraits in coffee shops now includes over fifty portraits and stories, has been featured in lots of the industry mags and websites, been covered regularly on Seattle TV stations, and been in constant exhibit. It's also now a small non-profit organization with the mission of increasing awareness, acceptance, and inclusion through portraiture.
Next month, April, is Autism Awareness Month. My goal has always been to include photographers and subjects from around the world in creating portraits and contributing to the awareness cause. So I figured this April is as good as any other to get more people involved and feature some outstanding portraiture.
The photographic community has always been an amazing group of supportive people and I'm hoping some of you would like to participate in Stories of Autism Awareness Weekend, April 16th and 17th. Over that weekend photographers, people on the autism spectrum and their families will get together and create images that tell us a little something about them. The resulting portraits will become part of the Stories of Autism project. The photos will be on our website and may be used in exhibition with full credit and a link to your website. My goal is to have at least fifty photographers participate. (Note, if you're not available that weekend, that's okay. The real deadline is to have all portraits submitted by 4/29.)
You can learn all the details by clicking here (http://www.storiesofautism.com/#/register-soa-photographers/) or you can go to our main page at www.storiesofautism.com (http://www.storiesofautism.com). Whichever link you use, please be sure to look over the site so you can see what this is all about. If you want to participate, simply click on the link for photographers to find more details and register. There's also a video that you may find helpful.
Thanks in advance for your interest. if you have any questions you can reply to this thread or email me at the address in my signature. Your kindness will be greatly appreciated and help make a difference for millions of people with autism.
Best Regards,
__________________
Charlie
Charles Cotugno Photography
Stories of Autism
Woodinville, WA
cc@cotugnophoto.com
www.storiesofautism.com
www.cotugnophoto.com