So, you may wonder, how does the Crow guide the mission of FiftyCrows Foundation?

I find that in-depth photography essays offer insights that a single image cannot. It's harder to stray from the truth, since the evidence presented in a story put together with images can't be disputed. Documentary photography is part of the straight path to the truth, as the crow flies. Powerful medicine indeed.

Like Crow did that morning, FiftyCrows hopes to wake us up to the realities of the world and allow us to come together to find a promised path towards peace and harmony.

So, FiftyCrows acquired the International Fund for Documentary Photography, an annual grants competition for documentary photographers around the world. The Photo Fund, as we call it, was started at Mother Jones Magazine by a great group of journalists and photographers such as Ken Light, Michelle Vignes, Kerry Tremain, Sebastiao Salgado, Marc Riboud and Mary Ellen Mark and many others.

We expanded the competition, started a gallery in San Francisco, have created award-winning short films about photographers, partnered with National Geographic and continue to bring about awareness of important issues from around the world.

Andy has a lot of information to share. Next week, we'll let him dive deep into liveBooks and we'll learn both how it might help you promote your own photography and learn more about the inner workings of the site itself.

James Booth is Editor-at-Large at ZATZ Publishing. In addition to writing for Computing Unplugged and Connected Photographer, he's the author of Do-It-Yourself Wedding Photography. A self-taught photographer, James also dabbles in digital graphics and has learned to be a PC and handheld specialist through personal trial and error. James can be reached at jbooth@zatz.com.