World Journey of Smiles Photography Exhibition: February 26 – March 3

Look At Life, a New York based art collective founded by O.A.R. bassist Benj Gershman, is producing an exhibition to honor and benefit Operation Smile, a worldwide children’s medical charity dedicated to helping improve the health and lives of children and young adults born with facial deformities.  Gershman serves as one of the charity’s Smile Ambassadors and traveled on an Operation Smile medical mission to Peru in May 2007.  The exhibit will feature selected photography from 27 Operation Smile volunteer professional photographers who participated in the organization’s 25th Anniversary initiative World Journey of Smiles, 40 simultaneous medical missions in 25 countries worldwide, which took place November 7-16, 2007.  Admission to the exhibit’s opening reception on Thursday, February 28 is a $50 donation to Operation Smile.  The photography exhibit at Splashlight Studios in New York City will remain open to the public February 26 through March 3.  This photo exhibition will depict how more than 4,000 children’s lives were changed forever in a 10-day period.  This exhibit will also show the process of Operation Smile’s medical missions through the eyes of the photographers who donate their time, talent and resources to the charity.  See list of photographers below.

Who:   

Approximately 300 guests from Manhattan and abroad

About Operation Smile (www.operationsmile.org)

Founded in 1982, Operation Smile, headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, is a worldwide children’s medical charity whose network of global volunteers are dedicated to helping improve the health and lives of children and young adults.  Since its founding, Operation Smile volunteers have treated more than 115,000 children born with cleft lips, cleft palates and other facial deformities. In addition to contributing free medical treatment, Operation Smile trains local medical professionals in its 26 partner countries and leaves behind crucial equipment to lay the groundwork for long-term self-sufficiency.

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Operation Smile Volunteer Professional Photographers:

Bolivia (Santa Cruz)
Erin Lubin - San Francisco, California
Brazil (Fortaleza)
Will Kerner - Charlottesville, Virginia
Cambodia (Phnom Penh)
Anja Ligtenberg - Amsterdam, Netherlands
China (Linyi)
Jeff Zelevansky - Maplewood, New Jersey
Colombia (Bogotá)
Mabel Rodríguez - Coconut Grove, Florida
Ecuador (Quito)
Ken Holt - Colombia, South Carolina
Egypt (Quena)
Tyler Barrick - Flemington, New Jersey
Ethiopia (Addis Ababa)
Carl Costas - Sacramento, California
Honduras (Santa Rosa de Copan)
Justin Bowen - Alpine, Utah
India (Vijaywada)
Jasmin Shah - Chicago, Illinois
Jordan (Amman)
Jessica Lifland - San Francisco, California
Kenya (Nakuru)
Shiho Fukada - New York, New York
Laos (Pakse)
Pamela Jones - Miami Beach, Florida
Mexico (Puerto Vallarta)
Justin Appenzeller - Brooklyn, New York
Morocco (Tetouan)
Paul Fetters - Falls Church, Virginia
Nicaragua (Managua)
Vasna Wilson - San Francisco, California
Nicaragua (Managua)
Liz Brown – New York, New York
Panama (Chorrera)
Rohanna Mertens - New York, New York
Paraguay (Asuncion)
Veronica Donnelly - Virginia Beach, Virginia
Peru (Arequipa)
Diana Mulvihill - South Pasadena, California
Philippines (Makati/Naga)
Bill Harrigan - Key Largo, Florida
Russia (Taganrog)
Jamie Rector - Long Beach, California
Madagascar (Tamatave)
Scarlett Steer - Cape Town, South Africa
Thailand (Maesot)
Chet Gordon - Newburgh, New York
Vietnam (Hanoi)
Peter Stuckings - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Venezuela (Barinas)
Stephanie Oberlander - Norfolk, Virginia
China (Hangzhou), Jordan (Amman), Philippines (Naga City)
Marc Ascher - Lebanon, New Jersey