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HUMANITY: NEW PORTRAITS & HOMES

Photo: By Bruce Weber. Courtesy of Barneys New York. “Brothers Sisters, Sons, and Daughters.”

While all art and design is ultimately a celebration of humanity, on one level or another, today, we are sharing the incredible works of one photographer, as well as the efforts of one organization, to move humanity forward, to serve, not only the needs of the underserved, but to serve us all with new perspectives and new hopes.

“BROTHERS SISTERS SONS AND DAUGHTERS,” BY BRUCE WEBER

“Brothers, Sisters, Sons & Daughters,” the new photo campaign, by icnonic fashion photographer Bruce Weber, shares with us a beautiful slice of humanity, with an intimate series of portraits of transgender couples. The project was commissioned by Barney’s New York, a longtime supporter of the LGBTQ community, and he National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) and the LGBT Community Center (The Center) .

Patricia Bosworth, contributing editor at Vanity Fair and author, interviewed each person to gain a glimpse inside their lives.

These seventeen men and women are the new faces of Barney’s New York Spring 2014 campaign. Arin Andrews, Edie Charles, Valentijn de Hingh, Ashley de la Cruz, Sawyer Devuyst, Peche Di, Dezjorn Gauthier, Trevon Haynes, Katie Hill, Eve Lindley, Niki M’nray, Ryley Pogensky, Ines Rau, May Simon, Ahya Taylor, Maxie Neu, and Gisele Xtravaganza, each bring the sum of their own experiences and unique personal stories to create powerful black and white vignettes.

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Barneys New York hopes that this campaign will help break stereotypes and build social acceptance of transgender people. They recently pledged 10% of one-day sales from its 11 flagship stores nationwide and Barneys.com to the LGBT Community Center in New York City and the National Center for Transgender Equality. Total proceeds will be divided evenly between the two charities.

Read a sample of their stories for touching, exquisite visions. Watch the video here.

ARCHITECTURE FOR HUMANITY

Architecture for Humanity is wonderful organization that taps into a global network of over 50,000 professionals willing to give their time and expertise to bring design, construction and development services to people and communities in need.

They design and help manage projects for grass roots community groups, aid organizations, housing developers, government agencies, corporate divisions, and foundations, including Habitat for Humanity, UN Habitat, FIFA, Oprah’s Angel Network and the Office for Emergency Management to name a few.

Projects have included profoundly impactful programs such as:

Alleviating poverty and providing access to water, sanitation, power and essential services
Bringing safe shelter to communities prone to disaster and displaced populations
Rebuilding community and creating neutral spaces for dialogue in post-conflict areas
Mitigating the effects of rapid urbanization in unplanned settlements
Creating spaces to meet the needs of those with disabilities and other at-risk populations
Reducing the footprint of the built environment and addressing climate change

Here’s a sampling of some beautiful Architect fot Humanity projects.

Sprout Space, an award-winning classroom design project,was designed with the goal of enhancing student learning,incorporating green building strategies to eliminate energy costs, create a healthier learning environment, and reduce construction costs.

It is now available nationwide.

Biloxi Model Homes

Since Hurricane Katrina, Architecture for Humanity has been working throughout the Gulf Coast to help families repair and rebuild their homes. Families are paired with a team of professional designers who work with them, on a one-on-one basis, to design an affordable, sustainable, compliant new home for their property.

Collège Cœur Immaculé de Marie (CIM) in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, will rebuild the school, which was completely destroyed in the 2010 earthquake.

Read more about Beautiful Humanity, it relates toArts/Design,Nature/Science,Food/Drink, Place/Time,Mind/Body, and Soul/Impact including Beautiful Humanity in Books & Film, New Ideas About Humanity’s Origins, and 10 Foods From Humanity’s Dawn.

Enter this week’sBN Competition. Our theme this week is Beautiful Humanity. Send in your images and ideas. Deadline is 03.09.14.

Photo credits:

Photo: By Bruce Weber. Courtesy of Barneys New York. “Brothers Sisters, Sons, and Daughters."
Photo: Courtesy of Barneys. Katie Hill and Arin Andrews from the Brothers Sisters Sons and Daughters campaign.
Photo: By Bruce Weber. Courtesy of Barneys New York. May Simon from the Brothers Sisters Sons and Daughters campaign.
Photo: Courtesy of Barneys. Maxie, Trevon and Ryley from the Brothers Sisters Sons and Daughters campaign.
Photo: Courtesy of Barneys. Ashley and Valentijn from the Brothers Sisters Sons and Daughters campaign.
Photo: Courtesy of Architecture as Aesthetics. The annual Homeless World Cup.
Image: Courtesy of Architecture for Humanity. Proposed Izvoarele Dental Center.
Image: Courtesy of Architecture for Humanity. A Sprout Space Unit.
Photo: Courtesy of Architecture for Humanity. Biloxi Model Home.
Image: Courtesy of Architecture for Humanity. College Coeur Immacule de Marie.
Photo: Courtesy of Health Gauge.