Humanizing Hospitals Through Healing Photo Art
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Placing Healing Art Where It’s Needed Most
Nature images can help heal the soul, which in turn helps heal the body.
White, cold, sterile walls exemplify the traditional hospital setting, where stress, pain, fear and loneliness abound. Staring at these empty walls is boring and depressing. The mood changes when our beautiful nature photos are placed on the walls, providing color, comfort, and hope to patients, caregivers, and loved ones.
The Foundation for Photo/Art in Hospitals was established in the USA in 2002 by photographer Elaine Poggi, who turned her personal tragedy of the loss of her mother into a worldwide campaign to bring photos of nature to hospitals.
Offering an extensive portfolio of nature photos ranging from tropical beaches to Japanese cherry blossoms to the Tuscan hills, donated by Elaine and other photographers from all corners of the world, the nonprofit Foundation seeks funding to cover printing, framing, and shipping expenses so that the cost to hospitals is minimal or none at all.
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Sydney Koch, Contributing Photographer
Sydney Koch, Florida USA (P621)
We are grateful to our new Contributing Photographer, Sydney Koch, for her lovely photo!
Sydney comments, “Hi! My name is Sydney Koch, and I will be interning with The Foundation for Photo/Art in Hospitals this spring. I am a Marketing and Healthcare Management student at the University of Minnesota, and I spend a lot of my time working in a senior living community as well. I have seen firsthand how having bright and beautiful photos can improve the lives of those living in these communities, as well as those in hospitals and clinics. I am super excited to have the opportunity to share my photography with Elaine and the foundation, and be able to contribute to such a great initiative!
My first contribution to this foundation is a photo taken in Florida, on the gorgeous coastline of Bonita Springs. I look forward to continuing my contributions to this foundation and its mission!”
Adalina Fagan, Contributing Photographer
Adalina Fagan, Florida USA (P622)
Enjoy this beautiful photo by our new Contributing Photographer, Adalina Fagan!
Adalina comments, “Hello, my name is Adalina and I am an hobby photographer. A few weeks ago, my Mother told me about The Foundation for Photo/Art in Hospitals. She was in the process of becoming a contributor and wanted me to become one too. I immediately liked the project and the mission, so I sent some photos in. Promptly, I received a reply from Elaine and I was accepted as a contributor. I am truly grateful for this opportunity and thank you!”
