...It'll Last Longer

Boots.  Photograph by Jeff Hall.  All rights reserved.

Happy Martin Luther King Day!  

In honor of this day I wanted to tell you about something really, really cool I found a few days ago.  It's a website called "Today's Black and White" by photographer Jeff Hall.  Jeff is passionate about two things: his art, and ending child sex trafficking.  So he decided to use his talent to do something about it.

Jeff is posting a new photograph every day of 2009 to the Today's Black and White site.  He poses the question, "What if a picture was worth more than 1,000 words?" Each photograph is available to buy as a print, from $10 to $50, and 100% of the proceeds will go to a nonprofit fighting child sex trafficking called "Free Chains."  

Keep coming back to Today's Black and White whenever you have a chance, as it will be updated with a new chance to help end child sex slavery every day.   This is the definition of a picture that will last the longest if you take it.  Check out my two current favorites, "Boots" (above) and "Amberly's Tattoo" (below.)  

I had the chance to ask Jeff how he became involved with the issue of child sex trafficking.  Through a friend who helped with rebranding Love146, and another friend who started Free Chains, Jeff said that he became "exposed to stories and statistics that are too sickening to ignore.  I decided that God could use the gifts He blessed me with to make a difference, so I decided to start the Today's Black and White blog.  I'm just trying to make a difference." 

Rest assured, Jeff--you are.

Amberly's Tattoo.  Photograph by Jeff Hall.  All rights reserved.