BlogHer10 Speaking Event
Stephanie will speak at the annual conference for women bloggers & social media enthusiasts to be held in NYC on Aug 7.
Picture Hope Update
Stephanie and project partner Jen Lemen will share images & stories from Nepal in July 2010. See Picture Hope featured in the Microsoft Photography Gallery.
NEW Book Available for Presale
iPhoneography Journal
"One Life in Motion" is Stephanie's iPhoneography journal. This experimental space is updated with new images shot & processed on her iPhone several times each day.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 01:29PM 
"She had NO idea what would happen next, but she had made her heart ready for a miracle (just in case!)"
I'm off to meet this dear girl, Jen Lemen, this evening and we'll fly to Nepal in the morning. Jen painted this in 2006, several years before Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania and Nepal. It reminds me that my heart knows where to go, even if my head can't make sense of it. Will try to tweet from Nepal. Take care.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 11:09PM 
Mutoni, Odette's daughter, in the doorway of Innocent's home in Konombe, Rwanda.
As Jen and I prepare for our trip to Nepal next week, I'm reminded of my trip to Rwanda nearly one year ago. I didn't know what to expect. I struggled with what to pack. I wondered about where we would go, what we would see, and how it would feel. And as I begin to open my mind and wonder about Nepal, I feel many of the same feelings. No worries or hesitation. Just the quiet anticipation of what is to come and steadying myself for the impact of what will be.
Thursday, July 8, 2010 at 01:40PM 
My words and images have been less frequent in this space, though I'm shooting and sharing images throughout out the day with my iPhone and writing into the night on a new book project. It seems I'm reserving this space for more introspective discoveries. A long-term study of what makes us human. I'm making more of an effort to let the images speak for themselves.
Sunday, July 4, 2010 at 12:00AM 
Odette hand-in-hand with her daughters, Grace and Mutoni, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial just a few days following their arrival from Rwanda to their new home here in America.
Friday, July 2, 2010 at 09:48AM 
My heart races when I see moments like this, though it's difficult to express why. Seeing people connect and disconnect in a shared space fascinates me. As individuals, we are complex beings with an infinite number of thoughts moving through our minds each day that may or may not be expressed by our outward actions and expressions. The state of our minds may be influenced by the presence of people around us, but only we can determine the degree to which we are willing to shift the matter within our minds to make a connection. And even then, in the presence of that invisible thread of connect, the strength of the connection varies.
I've added a few new images to my Connect | Disconnect series in progress. I've chosen to present this series of images in black and white to focus your eye on body language, gestures and expressions. Take a look.