Proyecto Los Abuelos De Atitlan
Donation protected
Update: Donations can still be made and will be gratefully accepted, but I will be self funding most of the cost of this project because there simply isn't time to wait. Thank you all for your support!
The elders of San Pedro Atitlan in Guatemala are dying. The generation who fought in the revolution and survived the genocide of the 1980's are leaving us one by one. I need your help to document their stories in a book, all of the proceeds from which will benefit their community. Their faces, their eyes, their hands have witnessed such a rich collection of stories, but without your help, these will all vanish: With the passing of Encarnacion Perez, whom you see in the video above, we've already lost yet another elder's voice. Fortunately I was able to record her story last year. While I have time to make the book, these elders don't.
I have long wanted to to use my art to make a real difference in the lives of real people. With your help I can document the images, stories, and advice for future generations of the elders of San Pedro Atitlan in Guatemala.
The money raised will be used to reimburse the participants, hire a Mayan language translator, and to cover my local costs, but primarily to print the books in a local print shop. The books will all be donated to the local cultural center for sale to benefit local schools. Every dollar raised will remain in the community, and sale of the books will raise even more.
My name is David Scott Moyer. I am a fine art photographer and painter living in Tucson, Arizona.
I have been very fortunate to travel extensively in my work as a photographer, and have seen communities all over the world who are holding on to their traditions while being inexorably assimilated into the homogenous global culture. Please help me begin something with this one community that I can then take on the road to other peoples. They deserve to be remembered, and together we can make it a reality.
The elders of San Pedro Atitlan in Guatemala are dying. The generation who fought in the revolution and survived the genocide of the 1980's are leaving us one by one. I need your help to document their stories in a book, all of the proceeds from which will benefit their community. Their faces, their eyes, their hands have witnessed such a rich collection of stories, but without your help, these will all vanish: With the passing of Encarnacion Perez, whom you see in the video above, we've already lost yet another elder's voice. Fortunately I was able to record her story last year. While I have time to make the book, these elders don't.
I have long wanted to to use my art to make a real difference in the lives of real people. With your help I can document the images, stories, and advice for future generations of the elders of San Pedro Atitlan in Guatemala.
The money raised will be used to reimburse the participants, hire a Mayan language translator, and to cover my local costs, but primarily to print the books in a local print shop. The books will all be donated to the local cultural center for sale to benefit local schools. Every dollar raised will remain in the community, and sale of the books will raise even more.
My name is David Scott Moyer. I am a fine art photographer and painter living in Tucson, Arizona.
I have been very fortunate to travel extensively in my work as a photographer, and have seen communities all over the world who are holding on to their traditions while being inexorably assimilated into the homogenous global culture. Please help me begin something with this one community that I can then take on the road to other peoples. They deserve to be remembered, and together we can make it a reality.
Organizer
David Moyer
Organizer
Tucson, AZ