My Year of Adventure: Part Two
I have officially arrived in Zambia! After a red eye to New York, a 4-hour layover, and a 15-hour flight, I finally landed in South Africa ready to go through customs and board my 3rd and final flight into Lusaka. As I was standing in the longest security line ever, I started chatting with the […]
My Year of Adventure: Part One
Dan Eldon was quite a guy. He sought out adventures and added excitement to the simplest tasks. He was fearless and courageous. It seems like nothing stood in his way of exploring the world and having a rockin’ good time while doing it. My name is Sara Cummings and I first heard Dan’s story almost […]
Throwback Thursday
Does the 1st of every month sneak up on you like your parent’s birthday before you were able to get a card in the mail? It’s understandable. 2014 is flying by and I hate to break it to you my friend, but it’s practically almost May! With so much excitement brewing this year, it seemed […]
The Journey is the Inspiration: Call for Contributors
Have you been inspired by Dan? I mean, who hasn’t really. Has his story, drawings, or photography stuck with you ever since you first saw them? Does your art or writing reflect Dan’s? If you answered yes to any of these questions, we invite you to send in your memory, story, art, drawings and creations […]
Dan Inspires in Ecuador
Students at Academia Cotopaxi International School in Quito, Ecuador transformed their personal experiences into visual autobiographies. The pages of Dan’s Journals served as inspiration for the students’ work. The high school artists featured here, Juliana Passos and Sofia Sandoval, were both enthralled by the life and work of Dan, particularly his unrelenting need to put […]
Social Impact Media Awards (SIMA) – Call for Entries!!
SIMA2014 – CALL for ENTRIES! Now in its second year, the Social Impact Media Awards (SIMA) is a global documentary and educational impact media competition + showcase honoring members of the independent film and global humanitarian industries. Dedicated to advancing global awareness, social justice, human rights, and humanitarian development, SIMA champions the works of independent […]
Happy Birthday Dan!
This year, we have decided to celebrate your birthday by granting a very special wish. On Thu, Sep 12, 2013, six days ago, Nora Graham wrote: Hello from The International School of Tanganyika in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania! My name is Nora Graham and I am a secondary school art teacher here at IST. I […]
Come Celebrate Nelson Mandela!
Dan’s Journal #7 carries the message, March for Freedom – Release Mandela. Nelson Mandela gave up the adult years of his life and sacrificed so much more for the cause of ending apartheid and bringing equal rights to his fellow South Africans. On Thursday, July 18th, Nelson Mandela will turn 95. Please join the MY […]
Living To Tell The Story
In July 1993 Reuters photojournalist Dan Eldon was killed in Somalia while covering the nation’s civil war. Aged 22, he was stoned and beaten to death alongside three of his colleagues. They died trying to tell the story of a country ravaged by conflict. Twenty years later, his mother Kathy Eldon (author of In The Heart Of Life) […]
Witness to Wars
Dan Eldon’s journal #14 is included in WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath, which is currently on exhibit at the Annenberg Space for Photography (Los Angeles, CA) March 3–May 26, 2013, and then travels to the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington D.C.), finishing the year at the Brooklyn Museum. WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its […]
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