Photographic Solidarity With The People of Haiti

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Over a year ago, the association of L'Arche communities in Quebec (AAQ - Association des Arches du Québec) and L'Arche Canada-Communications began to work together to create a photo exhibit that would illustrate life in L'Arche in Haiti and in Quebec through the artistic eye of photographer Jonathan Boulet-Groulx.

Jonathan Boulet-Groulx is a young reporter-photographer who has been involved with L'Arche as a volunteer and an assistant for more than five years. He has been living in Chantal, Haiti, since May 2009. When he isn't busy with L'Arche Chantal's work-expansion project, he might be nestled in his hammock, or he might be taking photographs that illustrate the living conditions of people with intellectual disabilities in this, his adopted country. He intends to continue this work of photo-documentation indefinitely, in order to paint a portrait of intellectual disabilities in the world ...

2009 Photography Competition highlighting Poverty in Australia

• Photography Competition highlighting Poverty in Australia

I submitted a few entries in this event and hope it gets enough support to be presented again next year. Congratulations to Welfare Rights for this initiative.At the exhibition at Brisbane City Hall I was able to meet some of the other photographers and celebrate our work for justice making through art.
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