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Dreams Come Alive For Sick Keiki
By Rasa Fournier
Mideweek
November 5, 2014
What got you interested in using your photography and filmmaking talents to help people with life-threatening illnesses?
I am a freelance commercial photographer and Photoshop artist by trade. Outside of work, I’ve always given back to the community. It began when I was young. My mom volunteered all over the place and I had to go with her. At the time, most of it wasn’t much fun for an 8-year-old, but I saw how it really helped people.
Video project's goal is to help sick kids
By Nadine Kam
Honolulu Star Advertiser
Nov 04, 2014
James Anshutz was breezing along in his own world of art and commercial photography when, in 2007, a photo project changed the direction of his life."It started with a First Friday gallery show for the month of October. I was asked if I could do something for Breast Cancer Awareness Month," he said....
Lemuria Project: 'Healing with Imagination'
Dr Letitia Wright
Examiner (LA Crowdfunding section)
October 17th 2014
Los Angeles Crowdfunding: Lemuria Project is a filmmaking experience designed to give children a
creative escape from their life-threatening medical conditions. James
Anshutz, Lemuria Project director and founder, was inspired volunteering as
a photographer with Hawaii Children's Cancer Foundation.
PechaKucha Honolulu
The Lemuria Project
PechaKucha Vol 21 Honolulu
August 15th, 2014
Live Presentation with the 20x20 PechaKucka slide show format. 20 slides X 20 seconds per slide.
'Slightly nervous...and GO!"
The Ripple Effect: The Lemuria Project
Manifold Magazine
Jennifer Ginsberg
James Anshutz can’t readily remember what kind of cancer the children have that he’s helped transform into goddesses and dragon riders. He just sees them as kids.
“I want to give them the chance to play,” said Anshutz, a Honolulu-based photographer who is spearheading The Lemuria Project. This multimedia, interactive project transforms children who have potentially terminal illnesses into characters of their imagination.
“It’s very out of this world. There’s not really a word to describe how awesome it is,” said Xander Van Den Berg, the 10-year-old dragon rider who is in remission from Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Xander’s mom Lisa is ready to continue helping James with whatever the project needs to take off for the kids. “It comes from the purest part of his soul,” she said. “You don’t see many people like that anymore.”...
Previous Media and Inspiration
The Survivor Spirit: The Beauty, Passion, and Power of Breast Cancer Survivors
Honolulu Advertiser
Paula Rath
The statistics are shockingly familiar: One in eight women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime.
Although it can be a devastating disease, breast cancer can also bring women strength and hope. A new book, "The Survivor Spirit," profiles 20 Island women who have grown through the experience of having breast cancer. Not only have they survived, they have thrived, discovering inspiration and positive change...
Capturing Stories Of Strength And Hope
Midweek
Sarah Pacheco
Photographs can reveal what words and ink cannot. They can capture a precise moment in time and tie it up into one tiny, neat package that can go anywhere and last for ages.
James Anshutz knows the power a picture holds, which is why the renowned photographer has donated his time and talents to the Hawaii Children’s Cancer Foundation for “Exposures,” a poster exhibit featuring some of Hawaii’s families that are dealing with the realities of childhood cancer...
Everyday Stars
Star Bulletin
Joleen Oshiro
Greek myths are archetypal stories for us because the gods who tackle conflict come away with glorious victories or abysmal failures that, though grandiose in scale, parallel the internal human experience of life's lessons learned. Like Odysseus battling the Cyclops, the everyman (or everywoman) can discover untapped strength and latent depths of humanity while facing overwhelming challenge.
'Portraits of Survival'
Photographer James Anshutz has been working to reveal that inspired power in breast cancer survivors through "Portraits of Survival," an exhibit featuring photographs of 27 women...