{"id":2282,"date":"2013-03-30T15:09:46","date_gmt":"2013-03-30T15:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/?p=2282"},"modified":"2013-03-30T15:14:22","modified_gmt":"2013-03-30T15:14:22","slug":"freedom-house-images-of-repression-and-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/2013\/03\/freedom-house-images-of-repression-and-freedom.html","title":{"rendered":"Freedom House: Images of Repression and Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><figure id=\"attachment_2283\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2283\" style=\"width: 592px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/83\/2013\/03\/Tibetan-novice-monks-Bodh-Gaya-2010.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2283 \" title=\"Tibetan novice monks - Bodh Gaya 2010\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/83\/2013\/03\/Tibetan-novice-monks-Bodh-Gaya-2010.jpg\" alt=\"Tibetan novice monks - Bodh Gaya 2010\" width=\"592\" height=\"428\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2283\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tibetan novice monks \u2013 Bodh Gaya, India, 2010.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>This year I submitted the above photograph to Freedom House\u2019s 2013 Photography and Art contest. Yesterday I found out that it has been chosen as one of the top 30 finalists and it will be featured in the<em>\u00a0Images of Repression and Freedom\u00a0<\/em>Auction. It will be printed and framed with other finalists and winners to be auctioned in support of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freedomhouse.org\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Freedom House<\/a>,\u00a0an independent watchdog organization dedicated to the expansion of freedom around the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All we need now is a <em>title<\/em> for the photo. This is where YOU come in.\u00a0<\/strong>The photo is posted at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10151489753788820&amp;set=a.115877428819.95547.549313819&amp;type=1&amp;theater\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">my facebook page here<\/a>. As long as you are logged in to facebook you should be able to <em>suggest titles and\/or vote on those already there<\/em>. Again, to suggest a title or vote \u2013<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10151489753788820&amp;set=a.115877428819.95547.549313819&amp;type=1&amp;theater\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click Here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/83\/2013\/03\/Invite-4-by-6-traditional-top2-4.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2284\" title=\"Invite 4 by 6 traditional-top2 (4)\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/83\/2013\/03\/Invite-4-by-6-traditional-top2-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"299\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In case you are in the DC area in April and would like to attend the event, here are the details:<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, April 18, 2013<br>\n6:30pm \u2013 8:30pm<\/p>\n<p>Hillyer Art Space<br>\n(Located behind the Phillips Collection)<br>\n9 Hillyer Court NW<br>\nWashington, DC 20008<br>\nNearest Metro Station: Dupont Circle<\/p>\n<div>RSVP to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:cameron@freedomhouse.org\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">cameron@freedomhouse.org<\/a>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year I submitted the above photograph to Freedom House\u2019s 2013 Photography and Art contest. 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