Bridges founder Phil Borges with a student in Peru

Getty Images employees to attend Bridges workshops as part of our new partnership project in 2008:

Chris Scott
Multimedia, London
Workshop: Peru
June 26 - July 5
Read Chris' blog post

Catherine Parker
Sales, New York
Workshop: South Africa
July 31 - August 10
Read Catherine's blog post

Helen Tapping
Marketing Communications, Seattle
Workshop: India
October 16 - 26
Read Helen's blog post

Vanessa Marshall
Sales, Sydney
Workshop: Guatemala
November 1 - 9

OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH GETTY IMAGES

There are countless examples of businesses partnering with non-profits, but rarely is there the type of synergy created by common values and multi-layered engagement as that enjoyed by Getty Images and Bridges to Understanding.  Getty Images’ support helps Bridges build cross-cultural understanding by engaging students worldwide in direct, interactive learning and storytelling.

Getty Images believes in the power of imagery to communicate across cultures and to inspire positive change. To support Bridges to Understanding in their mission to use imagery as a catalyst for change, Getty Images provides free office space to Bridges in Seattle and a complete Media Management System tool to store and manage all of the organization's digital assets.

Recently, Getty Images and Bridges have partnered on a project that will enable four Getty Images employees, one each from London, New York, Seattle and Sydney, to attend Bridges’ international workshops this year.  The collaboration between the two companies will cover the travel and workshop fees for each of the four individuals.

The four Getty Images employees will be donating their vacation time to mentor students at Bridges to Understanding workshops around the world in 2008. While there, each individual will share their workshop experience on the Getty Images Blog. On their return, each will be developing a number of projects to share their workshop experience more broadly.