The liveBooks mission statement states: “As a company we will model the quality of corporate responsibility we want to see in the world by conducting business with great professional integrity, and considering our clients, employees, shareholders and the environment as equal partners in our success.”
One of the ways we are moving forward toward fulfilling our mission is to donate the design and production of websites that contribute to creating a world where peace and justice prevail through nonviolent methods.
Below is a list of the websites we have donated in this spirit.
Think Tank Thuto
www.thinktankthuto.org.temp.livebooks.com
A non-profit dedicated to creating sustainable social and economic development for sub-Sahara Africa. Their primary focus is building self-sustaining, state of the art schools that will create an unparalleled learning environment for those who can and can not afford tuition. A very inspiring project.
The Curse of the Black Gold by Ed Kashiwww.curseoftheblackgoldbook.com
Curse of the Black Gold: 50 years of Oil in the Niger Delta takes a graphic look at the profound human and environmental costs of oil exploration in West Africa. More than just a book, the website offers many ways that we can take action to help change the situation.
Proof: Media for Social Justicewww.proofmsj.org
Proof is a non-profit organization committed to creating awareness of the issues faced by populations in post-conflict societies and to encourage social change through the use of photography. Board members include Andy Patrick, CEO of liveBooks, and Colin Finlay, liveBooks user, renowned photojournalist and four-time Picture of the Year winner. This website was provided by liveBooks to communicate their mission and benefit those in Darfur and Rwanda.
National Geographic All Roads Competitionwww.nationalgeographic.com/allroads/about.html
The All Roads Photography Program recognizes and supports talented indigenous and minority-culture photographic storeytellers from around the world who are documenting their changing culture and community through photography. LiveBooks supported this program by supplying websites to the winners and providing a presentation on best marketing practices by our CEO, Andy Patrick.
2006 Winners:
Larry McNeil (United States) www.larrymcneil.com
Newsha Tavakolian (Iran) www.newshaphoto.com.temp.livebooks.com
Saiful Huq (Bangladesh) www.saifulhuq.com
www.aboutfacebookproject.com
The About Face project is a traveling exhibition and book. Photographer John Russo, a liveBooks user, began this project as a way to expose the raw beauty of individuals. Using a Type 55 Polaroid film and posing all the models and actors in the exact same way the imagery creates an equal playing field for all of the images. "Initially, I sought subjects whose looks were, to me, aesthetically pleasing. I researched models that I thought possessed a unique beauty, whether it was a strong Roman nose, full lips or intense eyes," says Russo.
About Face is schedule for release in its current male only series in late 2007. In the future he plans to also shoot the same type of series with hollywood women. Russo will be donating a percentage of the profits from the project to The Smile Train, a charity dedicated to helping children with facial deformaties.