Thanks to amazing success (and COVID curfew in France) the beautiful experience The last Sentinels in Ateliers des Lumières, Paris is extended till 15 November. Tickets are still (online) available and Jimmy will be present during the weekends to sign your book. Click here to view the trailer The Last Sentinels ...
Last summer our third 2018-'19 team of visual storytellers journeyed to Peru to capture the ceremony 'Inti Raymi' of the Quechua, also known as the Inca, for the Jimmy Nelson Foundation. Recently, for the Columbus Travel Magazine, our team has been interviewed. Interested in being one of the members of our fourth team of visual storytellers for our next coming project? Meet the team! In the interview, they share their tips and tricks concerning the preparation of such unique travels and their biggest challenges. Want to understand how you could participate as a member to win our fourth project trip?...
Within the foundation, we facilitate awareness projects which aim awareness about, respect for and pride within indigenous peoples and their cultures by providing them with a positive, celebratory platform. Our third 2018/2019 team of visual storytellers journeyed to Peru to capture the spirit of the Inca 'the Inti Raymi festival' - also known as the Festival of the Sun - through art, film, and storytelling. This latest project of the 'Circle of Cultural Connection': the Quechua, Inti Raymi: the festival of the Inca Empire, is officially out now! Check it out! Thank you Marieke van der Heijden, Ram Paudel and Tanin...
We are always looking for ways to support indigenous communities as they work to safeguard their cultures. When Jimmy met the Q’eros people, he learned that the first road had reached several of their villages in the previous two years. Their communities started to change faster than ever. We would like to introduce you to Hannah Rae Porst, who for ten years has been helping the Q’eros people preserve their vital traditions. We are proud to announce our collaboration with Hannah and her NGO, Willka Yachay (Quechua for sacred wisdom). Willka Yachay and the Jimmy Nelson Foundation will join with the...
At the JNF we believe that education is a powerful tool. In a time where we need to work together to ensure the future of our planet, education about indigenous culture is crucial, yet scarce. The youth is our future and we need to work on acceptance and respect, a subject that even now is not yet taught in schools. Our aim is to include culture lessons within the curriculum of schools around the world. We believe global mutual respect starts in school. [vc_video link="https://youtu.be/t168iDAvmww" align="center"] A few weeks ago we invited children to watch our 360 content, we and they had...
On June 24, 2019 the yearly festival of Inti Raymi took place and the Jimmy Nelson Foundation team flew to Cusco to document this cultural celebration. The journal for this project is ready and we are happy to share it with you: Quechua Project Journal. In this journal you can read the day-to-day experience of the JNF team during their documenting adventure in Cusco. It's a light, short and entertaining article that will give you a detailed insight into our latest project in Peru. As usual, the team is composed of three volunteers and the JNF Project Manager, Kieke van Maarschalkerwaart. The...
We feel happy that Easy Traveler Magazine contacted the JNF to feature us in their latest issue. It was a good opportunity for us to reach a new audience while promoting the JNF work and the Csikós project in Hungary. You can read the whole article the Easy Traveler Magazine. Page 68 - 80...
Last weekend (Saturday Jun. 15), the Jimmy Nelson Foundation hosted eight children in their office to be the pilots of a digital world trip adventure. As part of the educational program the JNF is building, they invited these enthusiastic kids try out for the first time a 360 VR experience. The VR took them to different beautiful places, where they could briefly meet up some amazing cultures from around the world. After taking this digital tour, the children explained the adventure they just experienced and told us what they thought about VR experiences and if they would like this to be...
At the JNF we believe that education is a powerful tool, but it is yet another sector in our society that lacks inclusion of cultural diversity. For months we have been brainstorming about how to bring to schools the valuable material and information Jimmy Nelson and the JNF have been gathering. We have tested in different schools some of our ideas and although it works, we felt that we were missing something. So, we are very happy to share with you the news that we are now busy developing together with WisMon and TeachVR an educational program that is not...
Turning the internet against itself The Preservation Robot was unveiled at the House of Scandinavia at SXSW 2019 by Jimmy Nelson. The Preservation Robot is the first autonomous technology ever created to address the homogenization of human culture, due to the ever-increasing spread of Western culture on the internet. The robot, which was activated live on stage at SXSW, continuously places a myriad of images of indigenous culture into the open spaces on the internet, to help make it more culturally diverse. The Preservation Robot uses technology – one of the very things that threatens cultural diversity – against itself to shine...