OUR MISSION AND VISION
She Shoots Film, Inc. is dedicated to bringing hope and healing to the survivors and terminally ill affected by brain aneurysms, brain cancers/tumors, and major head trauma via the medium of photography.
Photography is a powerful medium. It can be used to document every facet of human existence and emotion. She Shoots Film, Inc. understands that photography can be considered a premium and may not be readily available to those who need it most.
We seek to provide it to those who find healing by receiving visual evidence of personal transformation and those who need to be remembered in order to be at peace.
THE PHOTOGRAPHY SESSIONS WE PROVIDE
We provide professional portrait and documentary photography services as well as prints and albums. The sessions could be one simple portrait session just after surgery or a series of documentary portrait sessions during recovery through rehab.
We also provide end of life documentary sessions for the terminal and their families.
OUR GOAL WITH THIS CAMPAIGN
We want to be able to help at least 5 people before the end of 2014 as well as apply for our 501(c)(3) which will not only enable us to expand beyond Houston, TX but also received national grants.
OUR BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE
She Shoots Film, Inc. began 2 years ago as the brainchild of film photographer, Tracy Barbour. Tracy has been a professional photographer for over 9 years. Her little brother, Bobby (a gifted musician and artist himself) was very proud of
her photography and her growth as an artist. Tracy and Bobby were separated by not only miles, but time and personal circumstances. In 2013, Bobby passed away due to a ruptured brain aneurysm. It came on very suddenly and he was alone at the time.
"I know he was proud of me. I know, despite us being apart all those years, he would talk about me and what I did as a film photographer. I imagine over and over him telling his friends in his enthusiastic-I-am-proud-of-my-big-sister voice
'she shoots film!'"
Shortly after this, Tracy began a documentary photography project about a good friend, Emily, who had survived a ruptured brain aneurysm. The photographs received such an overwhelming response not only from those in the photography industry,
but from survivors themselves, that She Shoots Film, Inc. was born. We are a Texas Non-Profit Corporation in the process of becoming a Federal 501(c)(3) non-profit, She Shoots Film, Inc. exists to bring hope and healing to survivors of brain aneurysms, brain
tumors, brain cancers, and major head trauma. She Shoots Film, Inc. was created to tell their stories.
So, that being said, where is Emily today? Emily is a member of our board along with Jana, her best friend and the original makeup artist and hair stylist. Jana was also Emily's biggest support during her journey. Emily is alive and well.
She has made a full recovery after 3 brain surgeries. She credits much of her survival and feeling of being a warrior to our original session.
THE IMAGES AND THE ORIGINAL PROJECT THAT STARTED IT ALL
In order for anyone to truly know about our campaign as well as the healing we are trying to create as well as the dialogue we want to open up, it's important for you to see the images and learn more about the stories.
You can read more here: http://sheshootsfilm.org/blog/13945160/where-love-exists.
You can also see how far Emily has come here: http://sheshootsfilm.org/blog/13950540/my-daughter....
THE FUTURE WE ARE CREATING
We exist as a way for survivors, families, and the terminally ill to tell their story. We exist as a way to achieve closure, to heal, and to provide tangible evidence of the lives lived as true warriors. We hope one day to expand beyond the
boundries of Texas and become a global organization. We hope one day to have many volunteers providing healing and connecting with our recipients. we also hope to start a dialogue. People who are affected by major head traumas go through a very difficult journey
as do their support systems. Documenting those journies will help raise awareness and take the stigma that is often involved in the mental health problems faced by the survivors, the terminally ill, and their families.
"I met a young woman whose aunt had passed on after suffering a long time under a terminal brain cancer. Her aunt's greatest source of grief in those last days was not that she was dying, but that she wouldn't be remembered. It is my goal
to provide tangible evidence to the survivors, those who are suffering, and their families of a life lived in joy and hope."
