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An Interview…

February 6th, 2013|

Elaine Poggi was interviewed for the Italian Oncological Clinical Research Group (GOIRC) website – www.goirc.org. Check it out! (It’s in Italian!!) Elaine answered questions about the Foundation’s amazing work with hospitals around the world!

Art Resource Directory

January 15th, 2013|

The Foundation has just been included in the Manhattan Arts International Art Resource Directory! Many thanks to Renee Phillips!
http://www.manhattanarts.com/Art-Resources/Services.htm
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Hospital Receives Photos

January 13th, 2013|

Photo by Elaine Poggi

Our beautiful nature photos are on their way to Forest Hills Hospital in New York! Many thanks to our Contributing Photographers Sophia Jekic’, Robert Terry, Rick Otto, Sabrina L. Ryan, Dawnetta Woodruff, and J. Michael Christophre for their donated photos!

St. Louis Beacon Article

January 4th, 2013|

Bringing cheer, relieving stress

When Elaine Poggi’s mother was hospitalized at Barnes-Jewish with non-Hodgkins lymphoma 12 years ago, Poggi brought in some of her own photographs to make the room more cheerful.

“It was nice for her, it was nice for me, and the nurses and doctors also enjoyed it,” Poggi said.

After her mother’s death, Poggi launched the “Healing Photo Art” foundation, which has now placed thousands of nature photographs in 200 medical institutions on six continents. Local facilities include Barnes-Jewish, St. Anthony’s, Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital and Grace Hill Neighborhood Health Centers.

Poggi, who mostly lives in Florence, Italy, offers her own work and that of other photographers. Images from Tuscany and underwater vistas are favorites. The first 10 to 15 photos are often donated; additional photos and frames are paid for by the facility or through contributions.

In the decade since Poggi began her work, studies have shown the positive results of pleasant health-care settings, including relieving stress and even reducing chemotherapy’s negative side effects. Other research, some of which involved Poggi’s images, has documented the specific impact of landscapes and other nature scenes.

“These patients really want something on the walls, and they prefer nature,” Poggi said. “I feel like we’re on the front end of a trend.”

The Healing Power of Art

December 31st, 2012|

Many thanks to Renee Phillips who wrote about our work on her blog Manhattan Arts International – Celebrate The Healing Power of ART: Foundation for Photo/Art in Hospitals

Holiday Giving

December 26th, 2012|

Our photos at the Don Gnocchi Hospital in Florence, Italy

Friends of Florence! We need your help! Our beautiful new Don Gnocchi Rehabilitation Hospital needs 130 more nature photos to be placed in every corridor of the hospital to give color and warmth to the patients as they try to heal. Thank you for whatever you can give to make this possible!!

10 Years of Activity!!

December 11th, 2012|

Photo by Elaine Poggi

We are proud to celebrate our 10th Anniversary!! We have placed almost 3,500 photos in over 200 facilities on 6 continents! A big Thank You to all our volunteers and donors who have helped make this possible! A special thank you to our Board Members, past and present, who have dedicated their time and energy.

Photo Dedication…

November 2nd, 2012|

Christine and Cheryl Dickert

Photo dedication, at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville, TN, in honor of Christine Jones and Nancy Dennis. Comments by Christine Dickert, Contributing Photographer, who attended the dedication with her family, “The dedication was lovely this morning. The entire staff at Ft. Sanders were so nice & very grateful for your contribution to the hospital. The hallway where the photos have been placed is a very busy hallway with patients, guests and staff members, many of which stopped to look! Thank you again for everything, it was very special for our family.”

Art communicates…

November 2nd, 2012|

“Art is beautiful to look at and enjoy, but when it can touch and or change a life, it becomes a powerful source of communication.” G.M. Owens

St. Helena Hospital Receives Photos

October 9th, 2012|

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Photo by Sabrina L. Ryan

St. Helena Hospital, Center for Behavioral Health, Vallejo, CA receives 15 photos.  Many thanks to our Contributing Photographers Eric Olson, Sabrina Ryan, Jim Stracensky, Laura Spada, Julie Buckley, Carmen Beier-Kyle, Janis Nussbaum Senungetuk, Dana Clifford Gilbert, Christi Kraft, Rachel Cangelosi, Stephanie Sheppard, J. Michael Christophre, and Karen Usatine for their lovely photos!

Words from a friend…

October 8th, 2012|

“Elaine’s photos were hanging in the hospital where my mother spent her last days. They were so beautiful and brought a sense of peace and comfort in the midst of Mom’s struggles. After Mom passed away, I talked with Elaine about donating some of her photos to the nursing home where my father had stayed and to the hospital. Elaine was so helpful and the whole process of donating the photos helped bring peace and a sense of closure to my grieving while at the same time bringing a promise that others would now be receiving the same peace and comfort we received from them. I have been blessed many times when someone who sees the photos and who they were donated in honor of, comments to me about what a blessing the photos were to them. I smile every time I see the photos and am so thankful for Elaine’s foundation and her dedication in using her photos to bring healing and peace to all those who see them.” LMVC

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