"Photographers are the eyes and conscience of society. Through our vision, photographers show others the places we live in a new light and reveal our neighbors in a new way. Our photographs illuminate the dark corners of our culture and our communities. They record, for all time, the split second in which our camera’s shutter remains open. Life recorded in the present becomes illuminated in the future." -Natalie Fobes, photographer and co-founder Blue Earth Alliance (www.blueearth.org)
