August 10,2000
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Michael H. Bennett (520) 577-4663
Email: mhbennett@msn.com | Filmtrips.com
581 N. Tanque Verde Loop rd.
Tucson, AZ 85748-3513
Fax: (520) 290-6916
Web Site: www.filmtrips.com |
Tucson dentist, adventurer and photographer gets lost in the jungles and villages of Latin America and has the photographs and stories to prove it!
(Tucson,AZ) - Mark McMahon, local dentist and spirited adventurer announced today that he will be introducing his photography and exhibiting his work for the first time in Tucson.
"LOS NINOS LATINOS" - The Children of Latin America will be on display at Southern Arizona's premiere color and digital photographic laboratory - PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKS, 3550 E. Grant Rd., until September 15th. Opening Reception is Thursday evening August 24th, from 7:30 - 9:30pm. pH: 327-7291 (Admission is FREE)
A portion of the proceeds from the exhibit, print sales and greeting cards will be donated to a child advocacy group for street children with offices throughout Latin America. So bring a guest and don't forget your checkbook for this worthy cause!
"LOS NINOS LATINOS" - The Children of Latin America features the photography of Mark's five-month trek across the jungles, villages and mountains of Latin America. The exhibit takes the viewer beyond the poverty and poor living conditions that exist for Latin America's children and acknowledges the universal beauty, simplicity and innocence of children being children!
Mark is an emerging fine art photographer whose photographic and journalistic projects reflect his desire to share his travel photography and journalistic writings, as well as his passion for photographing indigenous people.
"In the middle of November 1999, Mark left the familiarity of Tucson in a Toyota 4x4 named "Baby Blue" and journeyed into the jungles, mountains and beaches of Latin America. He had only vague itinerary and several hundred rolls of film. Mark wanted to share his trips with everyone. So we equipped him with a digital camera, a laptop and a satellite modem."
In order to share his experience and keep in touch with his family and friends he created an electronic post card - www.filmtrips.com. Having the technology to regularly update the post card/website provided the perfect tool to stay in touch; as well as share his experiences and adventures as he made his way across Latin America.
Today www.filmtrips.com features his photography, journal entries, interesting highlights and thoughts of each trip. Mark continues his journey this fall and you can follow him online as he travels throughout South America by selecting the link - "Where is he now?"
Mark fue otro de los importantes heroes de Ecotrackers, su trabajo se tradujo en un video que hasta la fecha es nuestra memoria y nuestra filosofía representada de manera visual.
Su trabajo lo hizo recorriendo nuestros proyectos pero empezó filmando los de los Andes y los de la Costa.
Su optimismo sus fotos y el entusiamo con el que hizo el trabajo nos dio luz y alegrias así como una clara información para nuestros voluntarios sobre lo que es el ecoturismo comunitario y el ecoturismo inteligente.
Duranta su estadía en Quito se produjo el levantamineto de los indigenas contra el gobierno de Gustavo Noboa, entonces ecotrackers fue a apoyar a sus comunidades indigenas de Pastaza de la OPIP y mediante atención médica a los indigenas que sufrían una epidemia de escabiosis cuando estaban en la Universidad Politécnica Salesiana.
Entre las comunidades que visito Mark, en le Transcutucú tuvo una entrevista y una ceremonia con un Chamán que le dio luces sobre su porvenir.
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