Meet Isabelle Ginsberg, 17, who turned park photos into cancer fundraiser
Isabelle Ginsberg, a 17-year-old from Brooklyn, raised funds for cancer research by selling photographs she took of Prospect Park. The initiative was inspired by her father's successful battle with brain cancer.
Why it matters
It highlights how personal adversity can inspire youth-led community philanthropy and grassroots fundraising efforts.
For over a year, Isabelle Ginsberg, 17, photographed the same park. Every Saturday, and most Sundays, she wandered through Prospect Park. The Brooklyn teen captured the park in summer, then winter and spring. She walked along the same paths, capturing different angles and emotions. This attention to detail wasn't just about composition, light or nailing the perfect angle. As a photographer, she cared deeply about all those things, but this time, the weight she’d placed on each frame was greater. She wanted the photographs to tell a story and, eventually, to do some good.After careful curation, Isabelle Ginsberg’s photographs were framed and displayed on gallery walls at a community print sale. People could take a piece of Prospect Park home with them, but the money they spent was meant for something bigger.
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