Welcome!
The Foundation for Photo/Art in Hospitals is a non-profit publicly supported organization dedicated to placing colorful, soothing photographs of nature in hospitals to give comfort and hope to patients and their families, visitors, and caregivers.
Our vision is to create a shift in the way people view hospitals, from cold and sterile to warm and welcoming. We wish to change hospitals by humanizing their environments, a concept that is slowly gaining influence in many countries.
The Foundation was established and incorporated in the USA in 2002 by photographer Elaine Poggi, who turned her personal tragedy of the loss of her mother into a worldwide campaign to bring photographs of nature to hospitals around the world. |
“Let me congratulate you for your beautiful images, photos and landscapes, able to relieve for a moment, the anxiety and troubles linked to a disease. Also a “psychological evasion” may be useful in certain conditions. I wish you the best success for your Gallery and your activity!”
Prof. Umberto Veronesi
Former Minister of Health of the Italian Government
Scientific Director, European Institute of Oncology
Milan, Italy
Recent Photo Projects Around the World
New York Presbyterian Hospital, NY
Olean General Hospital, NY
Wuesthoff Health Systems, Rockledge, FL
SWIC Home for Women, Pottsville, PA
Queen’s Physician Office, Honolulu, HI
Englewood Medical Center, NJ
Carrier Clinic, Belle Mead, NJ
Sedgwick County Health Center, Julesburg, CO
Ospedale San Giovanni Battista, Rome, Italy
Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona , Italy
Azienda Ospedaliera Careggi, Florence, Italy
Presidio Ospedaliero di Assisi, Italy
A.O.U. Policlinico "G. Martino", Messina, Italy
Azienda Ospedaliera di Perugia, Italy
Bhagrathi Neotia Care Centre, Kolkata, India
Pailin Hospital, Cambodia
Ankara Numune Hastanesi, Turkey
Dh. Meedhoo Kudhimaage Hospital, Republic of Maldives
Warszawski Szpital dla Dzieci, Warsaw, Poland
Zaklad Opiekunczo - Leczniczy, Ustka, Poland
Dusseldorf University Clinic, Dusseldorf, Germany
Kanto Chuo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
JM De Los Rios, Caracas, Venezuela
Government Hospital, Ghana, West Africa
Contributing Artists
We have created an exciting program for photographers of all levels to contribute to our cause. View the Contributing Photographers page to learn more...
Oldest Hospital in Europe Receives Photos!
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Santa Maria Nuova Hospital in Florence, Italy received 50 nature photos for the men and women's psychiatric units. Santa Maria Nuova is the oldest hospital in Europe dating back to the late 1200s. The first psychiatric unit was established in Italy in this hospital in the late 1700s. We are very grateful to St. James American Church in Florence for sponsoring the project. |
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