Author Archives: Joshua
Azusa Pacific University H.I.S.years Program Postcard Design
A few months ago, I was asked by Azusa Pacific University’s Center for Student Action to create a design for one of their programs, H.I.S.years, a program that, in a nutshell, is a Christian version of the Peace Corps. Nathalie and I worked very closely together on this design, and many of the ideas behind [...]
Eye See Media Magazine
A few months ago, one of my photos from Congo was featured in Eye See Media’s Magazine woman’s issue. I was honored to have my photo featured as a full page spread. You can view more at their website.
World Refugee Day Presentation | Museum of Photographic Arts
Photos by Samuel Bendall Photography A few weeks ago, Nathalie and I were invited to speak at an event celebrating World Refugee Day, hosted by the San Diego Museum of Photographic Arts and sponsored by the United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees (UNHCR). We shared about the work we did in 2010 with Iraqi refugees in [...]
5 Minutes with a Reconciliation Photographer | Eye See Media
I was recently interviewed by Eye See Media, a media company focused on telling stories of hope and stories that are not often told. The interview, shared below, was shown on their Eye See Media’s Blog. They do some great work, and I would highly recommend reading their articles and their magazine. It was a [...]
Azusa Pacific’s Justice Week Art Show
A few weeks ago, I was honored to have my photos featured at an art show during Azusa Pacific University’s Justice Week, which this year was themed: Economic Justice. The photos are from the work I did with Mika Community Development Corporation last year. A number of Mika staff, neighborhood leaders and neighbors from the [...]
Mika Community Development Corporation | Non-Profit WordPress Web Design
I recently launched a new WordPress-based site for Mika Community Development Corporation, a non-profit that works with low-income Latino immigrants, which I have previously written about. I had the opportunity to photograph and experience their work at first hand in all of the four neighborhoods they work in. It was a unique experience to [...]
Back from Beirut and Malta…
I just returned from a little over two weeks of travel in the Middle East and Europe. The trip was rewarding on a number of levels, and it was jam-packed with many things to do, people to meet, and places to see. I was able to return to Beirut, Lebanon where I lived in 2006. [...]
Interview on Revolt Collective
This last weekend I was interviewed on the first ever Revolt Collective podcast. This blog is run by my good friend Joel Hickenbottom and it was really great to be featured on it. I was able to share about how I started in photography, my thoughts on the Middle East, and my upcoming project in Lebanon [...]
Iraqi Refugees in Lebanon
At a celebration with some Iraqi Refugees in San Diego. Over the last few months I have been reading, listening, and learning as much as I can about the current Iraqi refugee crisis in the Middle East, most notably in Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon. I have also spent a number of weekends with some Iraqi [...]
Lebanon this Summer…
I am very excited to share and announce that I will be going to Lebanon this summer and working with refugees along with my girlfriend Nathalie. My hope is to tell the stories of refugees through both still photography and video, similar to what I did in Congo last summer. In 2006, I lived in [...]
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