Last fall, students in CMC professor Steven G. Smith’s portrait photography class participated in the worldwide  Help-Portrait movement, providing free portraits to Roaring Fork Valley families in need during the holiday season. The portraits were the basis for a short multimedia piece just posted on CMC’s YouTube channel: Catch a glimpse of this feel-good project below!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-1ndd7wW1M&feature=share

Help-Portrait began in 2009 as a movement to provide free portraits to families who are struggling, disadvantaged or homeless. Over the past two years, more than 101,000 portraits have been given to families by 10,000 photographers and 12,000 volunteers. Help-Portrait is now a global phenomenon, with participants in more than a thousand locations in 54 countries.