Dog Meets World, A New Nonprofit

“My dream is to establish a movement to photograph the children of the world. To seek children in their own settings, print their image to keep for a lifetime,” Carolyn Lane, founder of the organization Dog Meets World, writes on the group’s website. Lane travels with a stuffed animal (the likeness of her own dog, a black and white pooch named Foto) and takes pictures of people in developing nations posing with the dog. Then she gives them the photo. “The dream of Dog Meets World is to empower travelers to make real connections to people in other cultures, in essence to become photo-diplomats,” writes Lane, who believes that a photograph contributes to self-esteem because it provides permanent recognition.