Jeremy Cowart is a photographer based out of Nashville, Tenn., who has worked with everyone from Switchfoot to Imogen Heap, and even done promo shots for TV shows like Ruby and editorial spots for charity: water. After seeing images coming out of Haiti after the earthquake, he felt compelled to travel to the devastated country and take photos of the people. Over the course of the next several weeks, he'll be releasing a photo a day that people can buy, with all proceeds going to A Home in Haiti. Here, he talks to us about what he saw, his hope for the photos and what surprised him most about the people in the earthquake-ravaged country.

The other night as we were discussing the potential funding for a documentary we’re beginning to work on, it was suggested (by someone outside of LGH) that we make our situation as an organization look more desperate, more needy and more vocal regarding our “desperateness.” That unless we begin to communicate how needy our organization is for donations or specific donors, we cannot expect people to get behind our organization or cause. Needless to say, I was a little disheartened and here’s the weird thing: It wasn’t for Light Gives Heat (LGH), or myself but for the very limited and boxed-in view of nonprofit work that most people tend to have.