Sustainable Communities

Mar 21

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

Don’t worry about sounding professional. Sound like you. There are over 1.5 billion websites out there, but your story is what’s going to separate this one from the rest. If you read the words back and don’t hear your own voice in your head, that’s a good sign you still have more work to do.

Be clear, be confident and don’t overthink it. The beauty of your story is that it’s going to continue to evolve and your site can evolve with it. Your goal should be to make it feel right for right now. Later will take care of itself. It always does.

Tracie Williams

I am a street and social documentary photographer currently based in New York City. Over the past year, I have been working on a long-term documentary project on Occupy Wall Street titled Love and Rage. Prior to braving the streets of the big apple, I lived overseas for 10 years. I called Melbourne, Australia home for 8 years and spent the latter 2 volunteering and freelancing for humanitarian NGO’s in Laos. During my time there I worked on a personal photo project titled Broken Bodies, Broken Hearts (which began in 2007) documenting the impact of the CIA led Secret War waged on Laos. Despite the war ending over 30 years ago, the unexploded bombs that litter the landscape still continue to kill and maim approximately 300 people annually. My images have appeared in publications such as Travel + Leisure SE Asia, Huffington Post, Mines Advisory Group (MAG), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Cooperative Orthotic & Prosthetic Enterprise (COPE), Lao Disabled People’s Association (LDPA), Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC), Handicap International (Laos & Belgium), AUSAid (Australian Government for International Development), Friends International, Oxfam Australia, CARE Australia, Mine Action Canada (MAC), St. Anthony’s Foundation, Waging Non-violence, Truth-Out, The Gothamist, and The Village Voice. I have also exhibited throughout Laos, Australia and the United States. In the past year (2012), stills of mine appeared in The Eyes of Thailand – an 8 time award wining true story of one woman’s quest to help two elephant landline survivors – Motala and Baby Mosha – walk on elephant-sized prostheses. I was also a contributor to The Contemporary Australian Family Photographic Project which won the “2012 Cannon APPA (Australian Professional Photography Awards) Photography Book of The Year” featuring my photo essay about an Australian expat family living in Laos – Greg, Mel & Mala – as well as selected to participate in the acclaimed Eddie Adams Workshop XXV in upstate New York. I hope you enjoy my images and thank you for visiting my site!

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