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Equality Hits Utah County

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PUBLISHED: September 22, 2010 by jasonb

I AM EQUAL

Equality Hits Utah County

From: The UVU Review
Author: Kelly Cannon

Utah Valley University welcomes the I AM EQUAL project in support of Human Rights & Equality.

Orem, UT – The I AM EQUAL Project, in conjunction with the school’s Spectrum Club, made a stop in Orem on Sept. 9, ready to provide people with a way of advocating their message.

The project, which originated in Salt Lake City, was created by California native Jason Beckett and international photographer Matt Spencer.

The idea behind the project is to turn apathy into action. Spencer and Beckett, along with a team of volunteers, are traveling the country taking pictures of people with a black rub-on tattoo on their hand that says, “I Am =.” Each photo is a close- up of the person’s face and their hand being presented in a creative way.

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PHOTO PROJECT TO CHANGE THE WORLD

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PUBLISHED: June 18, 2010 by jasonb

PHOTO PROJECT TO CHANGE THE WORLD

New photo essay supports human rights & equality around the world.

Salt Lake City, UT – If a picture is worth 1,000 words than you can bet 100,000 pictures can say a lot; at least that’s the theory behind an ambitious photo project from international photographer Matt Spencer who is setting out to change the world from behind his camera.

“Pictures are such simple things. We think very little about them but they are everywhere around us,” comments Spencer, “What if pictures were more than something beautiful to look at, what if they actually made a statement?” And that is what he is setting out to do with his I AM EQUAL 100,000 PHOTO WORLD TOUR – an unprecedented 5-year project to capture the passion, purpose, and vision of people from all walks of life as they stand up for human rights and equality.

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