“When I am scuba diving, I see
incredibly colored fish and coral.
When I am driving around the
Tuscan hills, I feel the peace and
tranquility of this land. When I am
hiking in the Dolomite mountains
with my husband and my little
Yorkie, I smell the fresh, crisp air.
My hope is that my photos trans-
mit these colors, feelings and scents
to all the patients who view them.”
Elaine Poggi

The Foundation for Photo/Art in Hospitals is a
non-profit publicly supported organization whose
purpose is to alleviate the cold and sterile hospital
environment by placing beautiful photographs of
nature in hospitals and healthcare facilities.
The Foundation was established in 2002 by pho-
tographer Elaine Poggi who turned her personal
tragedy of the loss of her mother into a world-wide
campaign to bring light, color, soothing images,
comfort and hope to patients and their families in
hospitals around the globe.

“I have looked at your photo for many hours, dreaming the whole time that I was there.”
A patient
“Through viewing these pictures, a new window to life is opened for our patients, which
gives them greater appreciation for the beauty and variety found in nature and the world.
Thank you for assisting us in caring for the needs of the entire patient – mind, body, and
spirit.”
A Hospital Administrator in Kenya
“We tend to associate hospitals with sadness but Elaine’s photos change this perception.
Her colorful images offer a window of color, memory, and discovery, which is integral to
any healing process. Changing people’s lives, room by room, wall by wall...these are the
beacons of light and hope our world needs, day by day.”
A friend

“I have always believed in the transformational power of art; in its ability to move and
engage people, and to bring them together. The true reward from working with the Foun-
dation was seeing your photography transform the doctors’ and patients’ eyes, igniting, as
it seemed, hope and joy.”
A volunteer, coordinator of a project for a hospital in Poland
“You have no idea the effect your pictures have caused, both the hospital staff and the pa-
tients were incredible happy! ...they had a patient, she is a 16 year old mother who has a 3
month old baby, both HIV+. The condition of the baby is critical, the girl is very poor, she’s
been in the hospital for 3 weeks, and when we hung the pictures she went out, smiled and
said to us: “Finally something that gives me a reason to smile in this place”!”
A healthcare student, coordinator of a project for a hospital in Venezuela

The Foundation for Photo/Art in Hospitals
USA
4909 Laclede Ave., Unit 1704
St. Louis, MO 63108, USA
ITALY
Via Calzaiuoli 103R
50122 Florence, Italy
Tel. +39 335 6196742
Fax +39 055 215407
www.HealingPhotoArt.org
epoggi@HealingPhotoArt.org
If you would like to help the Foundation brighten hospitals and promote healing through
the beauty of nature photography, please contact us. All donations are tax-deductible as
provided in Section 501 (c) (3) of the US Tax Code.

www.HealingPhotoArt.org