Cameras for Healing: Building a Culture of Peace in Sierra Leone

Maurice Henri is a photographer whose exhibit on photographs of village life in South Africa has received critical and popular acclaim. Maurice Henri, a Canadian, has been a professional photographer since 1988, dividing his time between commercial, teaching, and fine art photography. He is also creator, producer, and host of “FOTO,” an award-winning Canadian television series about photography that features educational segments about photography and interviews with prominent photographers.

Long active in community projects, especially with young people and the blind, he has founded “Cameras for Healing,” an international peace initiative currently working with former child soldiers in Sierra Leone.

For more information on this project please visit www.camerasforhealing.com