Photo Fundraising Café

The Empathic Eye:
Favorite Photos by Joan Blades
You can access the full-sized images here. You will also receive a link via email if you choose to donate.
These images are yours to use! A desktop background, a phone background, or even on video calls. You can also print them off to use in your home, workplace, or as a gift.
There’s no “should” about it! The photographs on display are for you to enjoy. We hope they’ll inspire you to give to Living Room Conversations because we have helped you spend moments caring and enjoying something fresh, and new, lovely, humorous, or powerful, just like in a Living Room Conversation itself. All proceeds raised from each Gallery show go to Living Room Conversations to support our ongoing programming. Click here to give or scroll to the bottom of each set of photos.
Should you wish to download a photograph, please do–and again, consider a gift to Living Room Conversations. Click here to access and download images.
There is light, color, form, and spaces that exist in this world that are indescribably beautiful. When I walk in the hills or just along the street, I am struck by the way leaves are lit or shadows interact, mist and clouds, leaves scattered on the ground, flowers having a moment…I often regret looking away to continue on my journey. What I see is so abundant–how amazing to capture a fraction of it to return to. I share these photos with people I love because perhaps a picture is worth much more than a thousand words. My photos celebrate a moment, and give me a way to examine and savor it. They are my gratitude for what we have and inspiration for protecting it.
Joan Blades
A Word From Joan
