It's about Love.
It's about Community.
It's about Healing.
The heart-lifting effort to collect 10,000 photographs of the affectionately-inclined from around the world.
JANE KRAMER takes pictures of rust: gorgeous abstract imagery of, yes, iron oxide. You’ll see samples here. She has also completed two photo documentaries and also creates beautiful portraitsof prenatal mothers, newborns, and children. But Jane’s notable photographic accomplishments are not what made her a Smooch! Project Hero. She earned that status by helping bring The Smooch! Project to her new home in Lansing, Michigan. Jane and her husband Dan had moved there with five years ago, shortly after we first met. She tells me that we had a conversation about The Smooch! Project just before she left, before it was even called The Smooch! Project. I don’t remember that. But I do recall feeling disappointed that I wouldn’t have time to get to know this remarkable woman before she left Minneapolis. I am so pleased to have been proven wrong in that assumption. Jane and I managed to stay connected over the years and when our first road trip was being planned, I asked for her help. On behalf of The Smooch! Project and despite being a full-time mom for her handsome son Eli, shown above, Jane organized our Lansing stopover. She lined up an ideal location for a Smooch! shoot (at an awesome photographic rental studio called P2) and arranged housing for us while there. Jane’s efforts made it so easy for us to simply sail in, hold a Smooch! shoot, and move on to our next stop. The Lansing Smooch! shoot was the first ever outside of the state of Minnesota. It marked the beginning of our effort to bring The Smooch! Project to a larger community. We succeeded in that at Lansing, Michigan, entirely because of Jane Kramer. She loves and supports this project because “it consists of REAL people sharing REAL emotions.” She is also my supportive friend. Thanks, Jane! You helped make our first road trip a resounding success, for which I am very grateful.
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