Last weekend I had the privilege of photographing the Portraits of Hope project in Aspen & Snowmass, Colorado. The organization brought 2,000 children and 250 adult volunteers from various hospitals & social service programs together for creative therapy. Large canvases with black outlines were provided to the facilities and the children filled them with color. The Braille Institute was one of the participants and their canvas outlines were textured to allow the visually impaired students to paint also. Each year Portraits of Hope conducts the largest public art project in the country by decorating various objects. In past years they’ve covered LA Lifeguard Towers, NY Taxi Cabs, Planes, NASCAR’s, Boats and Blimps. For 2013 the organizers wanted to decorate emergency vehicles and one of them had a connection to the Snowmass Village community. They approached Snowmass-Wildcat Fire who also invited Aspen Fire & Aspen Ambulance District to the planning meetings. The artwork was converted into vehicle wraps and installed on the apparatus. Mountain Rescue, Pitkin Sheriff & Aspen Police also joined in and decorated their vehicles. Installation on all 32 vehicles was completed in mid-June and will remain until fall. Aspen Ambulance is currently working with Portraits of Hope to keep the graphic wraps until the end of the ESPN X-Games so the project will get even more promotion.
First up is Snowmass-Wildcat Ladder 71
2012 Pierce Arrow XT PUC 500 / 1500 / 75'
First up is Snowmass-Wildcat Ladder 71
2012 Pierce Arrow XT PUC 500 / 1500 / 75'
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