I’m on the road again this week, and it seems I can’t hardly find the time to blog, let alone e-mail. Regardless, I wanted to make the announcement of yesterday’s International Guild of Visual Peacemakers site launch. You’ve no doubt noticed the IGVP paraphernalia I have on my site, and for good reason!

The International Guild of Visual Peacemakers is a community of diverse cultural, travel, and humanitarian photographers, open to any visual communicator that relates to the organization’s mission of breaking down those barriers visually that separates sectors of humanity, particularly cultural stereotypes and perceptions of the “other.” The community aspect of the organization brings together photographers from all over the world under the scope of this mission, and IGVP only stands to bring more together over time.

I was fortunate enough to beta test the site and become a member of the IGVP community early, and I hope you all explore their site to how it can benefit you. Endorsed by photography heavy-weights, such as David duChemin, Ami Vitale, Matt Brandon, and Gavin Gough, the site serves as a social community bent on sharing those treasures we capture creatively each and every day. The site is already set up with great galleries of world photography, still and video documentaries, and many great photo essays.

Thanks goes to Mario Mattei and Logan McAdams for providing the insight and direction for this organization. Once you visit the site, establish a community membership (free and monthly premium memberships are available), and begin to interact with other members, you’ll get a feel for how much work went in to establishing such a concerted effort between photographers around the globe.

I encourage you to take a look at the International Guild of Visual Peacemakers for yourself! As I said before, it only stands to grow with members knelt on providing a voice in the global cultural community!