The Giving Lens was founded in 2009 by Colby Brown in an attempt to give something back to the world and the vary places that we all love to capture. Today, The Giving Lens is fueled by a vision. Our vision is to see the three things we love most come together for a greater good: our love of travel, our passion for photography, and our deep desire to give back to those in need. Our vision comes is to partner with amazing organizations in developing nations, who are at the ground-level of a community, reaching out with the utmost respect and admiration for the people, and attempting in their seemingly small, but actually enormous way, to help. Our vision is to see photographers moved to action out of compassion, humbleness, and the understanding that seeing the world through a lens and capturing all it’s moments of beauty and heartache, of victory and agony, of joy and struggle must be one of the most blessed roles on Earth – whether you’ve shot half a million frames, or just a few; whether it is your hobby, your job, or your entire life. Our vision is to have willing hands and hearts meet us around the world to do what they can to make the world just that much better. To meet us on a the ground, somewhere far away, and give our time, energy, resources, and love and to humbly hold out our cameras as an offering to anyone who may need it.