Call Out to LGBT Couples!! We Need You!!
The UCLA Art Global Health Center is looking for a diverse group of LGBT couples who are married, trying to wed, or in long term committed relationships to take part in an important and timely photography project entitled “To Have and To Hold.”
Participating couples (with or without children) will work with renowned South African photojournalist Gideon Mendel and a committed class of UCLA students on a mixed media project to highlight the human cost of Proposition 8.
About the Project
In connecting emotionally with real families – through photographs, stories, and videos – the issue of marriage equality becomes visceral, tangible, and personal.
Using existing family photographs, participants, students, and Mendel will work together to compile a set of images to be put into a photo album that tells the couple’s and/or family’s story. The album will be accompanied by a family portrait taken by Mendel.
To see Mendel’s work, go to http://www.gideonmendel.com/archive/
The photographs may be shown publicly in a variety of media, as a gallery exhibition, on the web, and possibly in a mass-media campaign. The overarching goal of “To Have and To Hold” is to raise social and public awareness about the civil rights of LGBT couples and families living in Los Angeles. This visual activism project intends to create a powerful response for social change around LGBT unions and the Proposition 8 debate. Participants will be asked to sign a waiver allowing wide use of their images and stories.
Here’s What You’ll Get
Although there will be no financial compensation for taking part in the project, participants will receive:
- One (1) professional family portrait taken by Gideon Mendel
- One (1) photo album that tells the story of your family
- The opportunity to be a spokesperson for the “To Have and To Hold” exhibition
- Complimentary Parking at UCLA for all project commitments
- Light refreshments
Here’s What You’ll Give
- Your time and your story (to be shown publicly)
- Access to your family story and your home to photographer and students for a day
- Audio Interview to be used as voiceover for slideshow
Requirements
Couples must be available for various dates and times, from
Thursday Jan. 29th – Friday Feb. 6th.
Dinner at UCLA Thurs, Jan 29 6 pm
Selecting Photos w/ students (1-2) @ your home Up to 6 hrs. by Appt.
(Btwn Fri Jan 30- Sun Feb 1)
Portrait by Mendel/Interview @ your home Approx 1.5 hrs by Appt. (Btwn Fri
Jan 30- Sun Feb 1)
Video-Slideshow Editing with Mendel @ UCLA (Optional. Approx 2 hr by Appt
Btwn Wed. Feb. 4th-Fri. Feb 6th)
Community Party/ @ UCLA Fri, Feb. 6th 7-9 pm
To nominate yourself and your partner for the project, send an email to robert.gordon@arts.ucla.edu or call 310-794-9208. Please tell us briefly why you want to take part in the project and convenient times for us to contact you for more information if necessary.
Please submit nominations by Thu Jan. 15th
The UCLA Art Global Health Center is looking for a diverse group of LGBT couples who are married, trying to wed, or in long term committed relationships to take part in an important and timely photography project entitled “To Have and To Hold.”
Participating couples (with or without children) will work with renowned South African photojournalist Gideon Mendel and a committed class of UCLA students on a mixed media project to highlight the human cost of Proposition 8.
About the Project
In connecting emotionally with real families – through photographs, stories, and videos – the issue of marriage equality becomes visceral, tangible, and personal.
Using existing family photographs, participants, students, and Mendel will work together to compile a set of images to be put into a photo album that tells the couple’s and/or family’s story. The album will be accompanied by a family portrait taken by Mendel.
To see Mendel’s work, go to http://www.gideonmendel.com/archive/
The photographs may be shown publicly in a variety of media, as a gallery exhibition, on the web, and possibly in a mass-media campaign. The overarching goal of “To Have and To Hold” is to raise social and public awareness about the civil rights of LGBT couples and families living in Los Angeles. This visual activism project intends to create a powerful response for social change around LGBT unions and the Proposition 8 debate. Participants will be asked to sign a waiver allowing wide use of their images and stories.
Here’s What You’ll Get
Although there will be no financial compensation for taking part in the project, participants will receive:
- One (1) professional family portrait taken by Gideon Mendel
- One (1) photo album that tells the story of your family
- The opportunity to be a spokesperson for the “To Have and To Hold” exhibition
- Complimentary Parking at UCLA for all project commitments
- Light refreshments
Here’s What You’ll Give
- Your time and your story (to be shown publicly)
- Access to your family story and your home to photographer and students for a day
- Audio Interview to be used as voiceover for slideshow
Requirements
Couples must be available for various dates and times, from
Thursday Jan. 29th – Friday Feb. 6th.
Dinner at UCLA Thurs, Jan 29 6 pm
Selecting Photos w/ students (1-2) @ your home Up to 6 hrs. by Appt.
(Btwn Fri Jan 30- Sun Feb 1)
Portrait by Mendel/Interview @ your home Approx 1.5 hrs by Appt. (Btwn Fri
Jan 30- Sun Feb 1)
Video-Slideshow Editing with Mendel @ UCLA (Optional. Approx 2 hr by Appt
Btwn Wed. Feb. 4th-Fri. Feb 6th)
Community Party/ @ UCLA Fri, Feb. 6th 7-9 pm
To nominate yourself and your partner for the project, send an email to robert.gordon@arts.ucla.edu or call 310-794-9208. Please tell us briefly why you want to take part in the project and convenient times for us to contact you for more information if necessary.
Please submit nominations by Thu Jan. 15th
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