About this project
My name is Charles Meacham, and last November I helped co-start the "Walk with Pride" project, to spend one year photographing and documenting gay pride marches around the globe.
My partner, blogger/coordinator Sarah Baxter, and I have documented Pride festivals in the Asia-Pacific region and Europe. We are now trying to raise funds to photograph Johannesburg Pride in South Africa, one of only two pride marches on the African continent.
The Johannesburg Pride's motto is "We're ALL African," and we'd like to explore through photographs this theme, and how it relates to unity within South Africa, and the whole of Africa. Part of this project is also to tell the human stories behind each march, and share the faces that make up the local Johannesburg LGBT community. We are currently working to raise money for two round trip tickets from Europe to South Africa, so that we can include images of African gay pride within the "Walk with Pride" photo collection. After we finish this year long photo-documentary project, the WWP's photo collection will be used in exhibitions that bring awareness to issues concerning LGBT global rights.
Our website, displays images and stories from the past marches we’ve already documented, including the Prides in Taipei (Taiwan), Manila (Philippines), Sydney (Australia), Vilnius (Lithuania - the country's first), Minsk (Belarus- the country's first), Bucharest (Romania), the annually banned march in Moscow (Russia), Athens (Greece), Turkey's first Trans Pride in Istanbul, Zagreb (Croatia), Sofia (Bulgaria), London (England), and Europride held this year in Warsaw (Poland).
Check out our work at the below links:
http://www.walkwithpridenow.com - WWP main Website
http://wwpbehindthephotos.wordpress.com - Stories behind the images
http://wwpproject.wordpress.com - WWP Blog
We truly believe this is a pivotal time for gay rights all over the world, as many nations are reconsidering their stances on important issues affecting the LGBT community, so by visualizing global gay pride we hope to positively contribute to these discussions on gay rights!
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This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on September 5, 2010.
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Thank you postcard all the way from Jo'burg South Africa!
Pledge $25 or more
Get energized with a screen saver made up of 10 hand selected images of Jo'burg Pride, plus a special thank you on the WWP's blog, and a postcard from South Africa showing our appreciation.
Pledge $50 or more
Not only do you receive all the previous rewards (10 pic screen saver, thank you on WWP blog, and SA postcard) but in addition we'll provide you with some special gifts from South Africa - a vuvuzela horn, plus a paper rainbow flags used in this special parade ... one of only two gay pride marches on the entire African continent.
Pledge $125 or more
For the special people who donate $125 or more, in addition to the past rewards (vuvuzela horn, paper rainbow flag used in the Johannesburg pride, 10 pic screen saver, WWP blog thank you, SA postcard) we'd like to present you with a signed 11x14 print from Jo'burg Pride.
Pledge $200 or more
For those who donate $200 or more, we are not only grateful, but we'd like to present you with all the past rewards(Signed 11x14 print, paper rainbow flag used in the Johannesburg pride, vuvuzela horn, 10 pic screen saver, WWP blog thank you, SA postcard) and a special Jo'burg pride tee shirt. You will be one of the very few to own this t-shirt outside of the African continent.
Pledge $350 or more
This is really amazing support! Please accept all the past rewards (Pride t-shirt, signed 11x14 print, paper rainbow flag used in the Johannesburg pride, vuvuzela horn, 10 pic screen saver, WWP blog thank you, SA postcard), plus a hard cover picture book of Johannesburg, included with a hand written message from us expressing our gratitude.
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Charles Meacham works as a free-lance photographer in Taiwan, and takes regular hiatuses to develop long-term cultural or travel related photography projects. He has won over 20 international awards including those from National Geographic Traveler, Smithsonian, the IPA, and PDN magazines. The ‘Charles Meacham photography’ website has been featured on a range of photography sites including Culturazzi, Sikhchic, SocialDocumentary.net and twice on The Travel Photographer. Several of his images are also featured on the National Geographic website.
Sarah Baxter is the blogger/organizer/ and contact person for the WWP project. Previous writings by Sarah have featured on the community pages of Lonely Planet.com, EthicalTraveler.org, and WildAsia.net.
